🃏Joker to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' timewww.mylondon.newsexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1587arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1586arrow-down1external-linkAI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' timewww.mylondon.news🃏Joker to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square47fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoWas wondering how long it would take to roll something like this out. Bout time.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoIt already existed, check out Lenny. Glad there are more options now though so scammers will be slower to catch on.
minus-squareKillerTofu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoBeen around a while. https://www.lennytroll.com
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoLenny isn’t AI; it’s just a collection of prerecorded messages.
minus-squareKillerTofu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoThe tool has existed. Frosting it as “ai” doesn’t make it really different.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoAI makes it different because this is likely dynamically synthesized speech that sounds real. Previous TTS engines wouldn’t have sounded real enough to be believable.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s amazing how simple something like this can be and still be effective. Machine learning is not that necessary for this use case 😉
Was wondering how long it would take to roll something like this out. Bout time.
It already existed, check out Lenny. Glad there are more options now though so scammers will be slower to catch on.
Been around a while. https://www.lennytroll.com
Lenny isn’t AI; it’s just a collection of prerecorded messages.
The tool has existed. Frosting it as “ai” doesn’t make it really different.
AI makes it different because this is likely dynamically synthesized speech that sounds real. Previous TTS engines wouldn’t have sounded real enough to be believable.
It’s amazing how simple something like this can be and still be effective.
Machine learning is not that necessary for this use case 😉