Synthesia.io deep fake technology

[Gustav Schuchardt]

This is kind of scary to be honest. Their deep fakes are remarkably convincing. Not 100% but something like 90%.

https://www.synthesia.io/post/david-beckham

 

[Xarpho]

I saw one where Alec Guinness read the "marine with confirmed kills" copypasta. It came off surprisingly natural, but still felt a bit like a refined version of the old "MacIntalk" voices.

 

[Desu Mountain]

I saw one where Alec Guinness read the "marine with confirmed kills" copypasta. It came off surprisingly natural, but still felt a bit like a refined version of the old "MacIntalk" voices.

It's gotten a bit better since then.

Intonation's still a bit fucked up, but the warbling is mostly gone.

 

[Gustav Schuchardt]

I saw one where Alec Guinness read the "marine with confirmed kills" copypasta. It came off surprisingly natural, but still felt a bit like a refined version of the old "MacIntalk" voices.

It's gotten a bit better since then.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LEzIAixNkFI
Intonation's still a bit fucked up, but the warbling is mostly gone.

Vocal Synthesis's 'famous person reads [some well known text]' series has been getting more and more convincing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QnGx0_mPI4

I think we're entering into a world where you can watch a video of someone saying something, they can say 'It's fake' and it will not be possible to tell, just like now a photograph of someone doing something could well be Photoshopped and cannot be trusted.