Joker to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoAI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' timewww.mylondon.newsexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1376arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1375arrow-down1external-linkAI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' timewww.mylondon.newsJoker to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 hours agoWas wondering how long it would take to roll something like this out. Bout time.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 hours 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-up9·9 hours agoBeen around a while. https://www.lennytroll.com
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 hours agoLenny isn’t AI; it’s just a collection of prerecorded messages.
minus-squareKillerTofu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 hours agoThe tool has existed. Frosting it as “ai” doesn’t make it really different.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 hours 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-down1·7 hours 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 😉