▲ 353 ▼ None of these anchors are real: Channel 1 plans for AI to generate news, broadcasters (www.usatoday.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments Channel 1 AI released a promotional video explaining how the service will provide personalized news coverage to users from finance to entertainment.
[+] quo@feddit.uk 30 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mPony@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) it changes things if you've ever wanted to become a new anchor permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Also changes things if you wanted to become a news anchor programmer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snuff@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Tel-AI-prompter? permalink fedilink source parent [–] MondayToFriday@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) The example where an interview of a victim of Hurricane Ciaran, originally in French, but deepfaked to be speaking English, was pretty scary. Some people will think that it's just for convenience, but for me, it's a step too far down the slippery slope. If they were to do the same for a politician, a slight nuance in how a phrase was translated could change everything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bamboo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah for any sort of interviews I’d rather they kept the current convention of using a voice over, often after a 1-2 second clip of the original audio. It’s obvious that it’s a translation done by the media and not the exact original words of the source permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago a leaky abstraction is better because it reveals what is actually happening. That is better to me too. Heck I worry about the voice-overs giving an unfair or inaccurate version of what is being said. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mPony@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) it changes things if you've ever wanted to become a new anchor permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Also changes things if you wanted to become a news anchor programmer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snuff@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Tel-AI-prompter? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Also changes things if you wanted to become a news anchor programmer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snuff@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Tel-AI-prompter? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MondayToFriday@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) The example where an interview of a victim of Hurricane Ciaran, originally in French, but deepfaked to be speaking English, was pretty scary. Some people will think that it's just for convenience, but for me, it's a step too far down the slippery slope. If they were to do the same for a politician, a slight nuance in how a phrase was translated could change everything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bamboo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah for any sort of interviews I’d rather they kept the current convention of using a voice over, often after a 1-2 second clip of the original audio. It’s obvious that it’s a translation done by the media and not the exact original words of the source permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago a leaky abstraction is better because it reveals what is actually happening. That is better to me too. Heck I worry about the voice-overs giving an unfair or inaccurate version of what is being said. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah for any sort of interviews I’d rather they kept the current convention of using a voice over, often after a 1-2 second clip of the original audio. It’s obvious that it’s a translation done by the media and not the exact original words of the source permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago a leaky abstraction is better because it reveals what is actually happening. That is better to me too. Heck I worry about the voice-overs giving an unfair or inaccurate version of what is being said. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago a leaky abstraction is better because it reveals what is actually happening. That is better to me too. Heck I worry about the voice-overs giving an unfair or inaccurate version of what is being said. permalink fedilink source parent