Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by CatWChainsaw on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @06:09AM (#35338277)

Pretty sure that's something that ought to have been discussed before any of this ever started, but you know, scientists, could, should. I look forward to the chaos and destruction and all these "brilliant" software developers wringing their hands saying they couldn't possibly have imagined such horrible outcomes from their fun money-making venture that just so happened to undermine the concept of a shared reality.

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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by Pxtl on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:28PM (#35345669)

I think we all thought we'd be able to come to those decisions on a more gradual timeline. The breakneck pace of AI breakthroughs over the past few years have revealed: not so much.

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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by CatWChainsaw on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @03:39PM (#35346681)

I find myself doubting that "we all" would have been able to have such discussions or ever make these decisions ourselves. Silicon Valley and big tech spent the last few decades hijacking human psychology and employing dark patterns in technology that was supposed to be "democratizing" and "empowering" in order to maximize profit. Now we stand at this precipice, coupled with the RESTRICT Act, which I have no doubt will pass.

All's well that ends well, though. We simply don't have the resources to continue this "breakneck pace".

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