… isn’t this already a thing?
I thought this was already done for dubs?
I hope it’s granted. That would at least bring one kind of limitation for this into the world.
Why the fuck would people make this? There is NO WAY this won’t be abused.
I’ve wanted something akin to this for D&D played online. I could activate my “elf NPC” mode and have an elf avatar redub what I’m saying in a distinct voice, inflections to match gender, etc. It’s a very niche usecase and I definitely don’t mind doing a mild voice and having everyone fill in with their imagination. But it would be cool if implemented well.
Problem is, once this exists, it’s a misinformation nightmare for the rest of the world.
I mean it has some SNL potential but that’s about it.
We could use it to make SNL funny?
All I’m sayin is that as long as you are using it openly for comedic effect it could be a hoot in some ways. I don’t want to comment specifically on SNL which I’m sure people have varying opinions on.
Of course the downside potential is greater than any upside.
It’s clearly to continue our long tradition of blackmail against our shitty members of society and smear campaigns against our good citizens.
We will keep playing the red vs blue game though.
Maybe next election will be a “bash at the beach” or cage match or something since our country is really just a large WWE production with nukes
That’s why they made it
of course it will be abused for fake mediaIt will make media better!
“If we didn’t create the evil misinformation bot, someone else would have. You should be happy it was a massive corporation that controls this patent, not some soulest unethical entity whose motives are profit over everything. That was a close one. Phew.”
I hate the patent system so much. There’s already software that does this, all they did was add the word “live” in front. So now they own every live broadcast translation even though the techs been out to do it for a solid 2 years.
Patents aren’t given for what they do. They are given for how they do it. Two patents can exist for the same thing they do. But you cannot have two patents for the same mechanism by which they do it.
That being said, if the patent is “make AI do it”… I’m not sure that is patent-worthy.
If it can be done, they will do it. Power is unconstrained by ethics, empathy, or morality. Never assume that anyone in power shares these traits with the rest of us, they do not.
The only thing that constrains power is enforced laws with teeth.
What a time to be a fascist dictator trying to control the media! Easier than ever.
Who would have thought AI would be used for this?
Everyone, forever.
wow, way to go Microsoft. I am sure you market it with some bullshit like it helps you prevent live broadcast slips but we all know your wet dream is that fascist goverments line up in your doorstep to buy this tech. It will also remove any sort of accountability from news reporting. Someone can now say “Heil Hitler” on live tv and then say it was an AI fault. Not that they are fazed by such an expression in the US nowadays but you get the idea.
Or make anyone say ‘heil hitler’ to normalize the viewpoint and she everyone is ok with it.
For years we’ve been told to watch the full clip for context. Now two people can watch the same live event, hear completely different words, and both have video evidence. Microsoft has somehow found a way to make »I saw it with my own eyes« even less reliable.
But think how much easier it will be for the Ministry of Truth to retroactively update all the telescreen feed archives!
Hey - I know I’ve asked this before, but you must have forgotten to reply. Are you a real person?
There is years of prior art, they can’t patent this.
It’s evil, but they can’t patent it.
Sadly, the way the system works is they can patent it. Maybe it won’t stand up to challenge, but the patent office is deliberately understaffed and underfunded to do a proper up-front review.
The game show host of the original Running Man would have loved this tech. It’s streets ahead.
Is there really no legal liability for the defamation cases this seems sure to produce?
The death of language
That’s not already patented?
Anyway. Just means that now voices of authority are just voices (again). Some things about Victorian ideas of law and authority were good. Some bad, like that these things don’t extend to barbaric areas of the world, those are to make money selling stuff and growing cotton.
This is in some sense feedback to radio, mass media and the internet, as devices of propaganda.
Provided, of course, everyone knows that such things can be done, but honestly they already know.
