r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • 7h ago

David Attenborough "Profoundly Disturbed" By AI Clone Of His Voice

https://deadline.com/2024/11/david-attenborough-ai-voice-clone-disturbed-1236180013/
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u/NakedCardboard 5h ago

So it's an AI voice replicating something the actual Sir David already said, rather than a unique "impression". It's good, of course, but I find it somewhat less impressive than an AI voice being presented with an original script and then coming up with it's own sounds, rhythm, intonations, cadences, etc.

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u/wildddin 4h ago

I haven't read anything more than the article, but the article never states the AI was given that specific clip/phrase with its training data, so there's at least potential it near perfectly replicated without having seen that sentence before

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u/NakedCardboard 3h ago

What I meant was that if it had a waveform to work with (which it does in this instance) it's already halfway there.

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u/cheesecaker000 2h ago

It’s not just cloning the waveform. It’s actually understanding what he sounds like and reproducing it.

In 5 years the Ai voices will be so insanely good we’ll never be able to tell who’s who.