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>> make it possible to train deep learning on small datasets

Looks like Baidu's new voice cloning tech is able to do tricks like make a British man sound like an American woman with just a few seconds worth of audio to train on. Apparently the previous version needed at least half an hour of audio to train.

https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2018/02/26/ba...

Re:Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol on Saturday November 11, 2017 @01:06AM (#15675213)
We desperately need Synthehol - http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Synthehol
Should we be afraid of tools like Intellij as well? I have been looking into Kotlin, and really like it so far, but the idea of a backdoor getting added to my apps by the compiler of the language is straight out of a nightmare.
Re:Conservatives, liberals unite against Silicon Valley on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:59AM (#15235673)
Fear of AI could be a factor too, though the article doesn't talk about it. Politicians must be seeing the AI hype and paranoia in the media and wondering how they can ensure they stay on top of it and use to their ends.