This tech is democratized enough that someone somewhere was gonna clones Johannson’s voice… possibly just by training on the movie Her. Not much more is needed, to distinguish her voice from a generic model of many human voices. Same way there’s weights for images in a particular genre or style. You don’t need many examples.
We’ve seen how the magic works and we could do it all from scratch with the data we have lying around.
Meanwhile, assholes charging for access to our comments proves all the value is still in us talking to us. They can churn out whatever they like. People will seek what they actually want. Google’s AI bullshit has folks seriously asking how else they can find stuff, because fuck that. Microsoft’s AI surveillance has folks asking how well Linux works, because fuck that. If the commons keep getting enshitted up then communities will scatter back toward narrowly purposeful spaces - possibly on the recommendation of meatspace acquaintances. Forum culture can trend back toward monkeysphere ingroup sizes and chat services that are run by some guy.
We already saw Facebook abandoned by everyone except addicts, douchebags, and grandparents. Twitter’s been burning down for years. Reddit’s stabbing backs as fast as it can. Even when folks aren’t coming to the Fediverse, quite a few of them are just leaving. Too much sawdust in the oatmeal.
This tech is democratized enough that someone somewhere was gonna clones Johannson’s voice… possibly just by training on the movie Her. Not much more is needed, to distinguish her voice from a generic model of many human voices. Same way there’s weights for images in a particular genre or style. You don’t need many examples.
We’ve seen how the magic works and we could do it all from scratch with the data we have lying around.
Meanwhile, assholes charging for access to our comments proves all the value is still in us talking to us. They can churn out whatever they like. People will seek what they actually want. Google’s AI bullshit has folks seriously asking how else they can find stuff, because fuck that. Microsoft’s AI surveillance has folks asking how well Linux works, because fuck that. If the commons keep getting enshitted up then communities will scatter back toward narrowly purposeful spaces - possibly on the recommendation of meatspace acquaintances. Forum culture can trend back toward monkeysphere ingroup sizes and chat services that are run by some guy.
We already saw Facebook abandoned by everyone except addicts, douchebags, and grandparents. Twitter’s been burning down for years. Reddit’s stabbing backs as fast as it can. Even when folks aren’t coming to the Fediverse, quite a few of them are just leaving. Too much sawdust in the oatmeal.