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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by rockemsockem on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:14PM (#35334527)
I feel silly for saying this, but it's very obvious that rule breaking is not the same as acting immorally.

Machines should be able to speak in realistic voices. Every cool future I can imagine includes that. Why muzzle it just because people can be scammed with it?? People get scammed by jpgs, random people calling and saying they're from the bank or the IRS. I'm really not interested in limiting what humanity can accomplish to account for folks getting scammed. Many of them will get scammed anyway. What we should do is make it easier for these individuals to learn how to not get scammed or to come up with scam insurance for the ridiculously gullible. I'm just spitballing, but banning cool technology because people can be scammed is overkill.

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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by CJefferson on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:32PM (#35334671)
My problem isn't computers speaking in realistic voices. The problem is speaking in your voice, or my voice.
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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by killdozer on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:39PM (#35335593)
Just because there's some bad stuff out there doesn't mean that opening the flood gates to higher amounts of more advanced bad stuff is acceptable. It's absolutely reasonable to look at a new technology and try to figure out if it is likely to bring about more harm than good and take action based on that assessment.
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