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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on September 25, 2022, 07:26:25 PM

Title: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on September 25, 2022, 07:26:25 PM

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/24/23370097/darth-vader-james-earl-jones-obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-ai-disney-lucasfilm
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: littleman on September 28, 2022, 06:35:34 PM
This seems like it would be easier to do then the deep fakes of Princess Leia.  I wonder how long it will be until they could have an entire movie without any actors, voice or otherwise?
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on September 29, 2022, 08:02:40 PM
>deep fakes

Bruce Willis Becomes First Celebrity to Sell Rights to Deepfake Firm
https://collider.com/bruce-willis-sells-rights-to-deepfake-firm-deepcake/

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Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63106024
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on October 02, 2022, 12:03:09 AM
entertainment tech: Meet the Artists Using AI To Dethrone Tinseltown

https://dot.la/ai-pinnochio-movie-midjourney-2658362903.html
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on October 02, 2022, 01:19:02 PM
Zuckerberg: Our AI Program Can Create Video From a Line of Text
https://www.pcmag.com/news/zuckerberg-our-ai-program-can-create-video-from-a-line-of-text
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on October 06, 2022, 03:22:10 PM
Google’s newest AI generator creates HD video from text prompts

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/googles-newest-ai-generator-creates-hd-video-from-text-prompts/

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Digital humans are here. They sound and look just like us.

https://uxdesign.cc/digital-humans-are-here-they-sound-and-look-just-like-us-f1563c96e5f8
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on October 09, 2022, 04:03:29 PM
Man, we must have passed some sort of tipping point in AI image & video generation.

Astraea - Tailor-made AI image generation

https://www.strmr.com/
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on November 28, 2022, 12:24:51 AM
How AI Animation Will Decimate The Industry Within 5 Years

https://nicksaraev.com/ai-animation-is-coming/
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on December 01, 2022, 05:03:55 PM
Hollywood Should Leave Dead Actors Alone  - Variety

https://variety.com/2022/film/columns/hollywood-dead-actors-ai-1235445783/
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on February 02, 2023, 01:35:47 AM
> passed some sort of tipping point in AI image & video generation.

Netflix stirs fears by using AI-assisted background art in short anime film | Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/netflix-taps-ai-image-synthesis-for-background-art-in-the-dog-and-the-boy/
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on April 11, 2023, 03:51:21 PM
<that didn't take too long>

AI generated newsreader debuts in Kuwait  | Sky News

https://news.sky.com/story/ai-generated-newsreader-debuts-in-kuwait-12854906
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on April 11, 2023, 06:44:54 PM
Welp, animators are toast.

I transform real person dancing to animation using stable diffusion and multiControlNet : StableDiffusion

https://old.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/12i9qr7/i_transform_real_person_dancing_to_animation/
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: grnidone on April 11, 2023, 07:53:49 PM
Speaking of AI

The RuPublicans account on Instagram has Republicans who are anti gay/ trans in drag.  Many are remarkably realistic.


https://www.instagram.com/rupublicans/ - main account
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqb3wDKpQJQ/ - Anita Filibuster - McConnell
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqvL2kBrk9A/ - Clarity Corrupta - Clarence Thomas
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqirycOJtcp/ - Bombshell Bannon - Steve Bannon


Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: ergophobe on April 12, 2023, 02:30:05 AM
I mentioned elsewhere that Seth Godin had an AI copy his voices for a recent podcast. I didn't even notice.
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on April 19, 2023, 01:04:44 AM
"As Monday began, “Heart on My Sleeve” was racking up enough listens and views that it appeared to be on track to become a charting song when this week’s chart results are released next Monday. However, DSPs began deleting the track during the day, presumably under pressure from Universal Music Group. After initially disappearing from Tidal and Apple Music, it also became invisible in Spotify search results and was “greyed out” as unplayable on a bookmarked page. "

AI-Generated Fake ‘Drake’/’Weeknd’ Collaboration Alarms Industry – Variety

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/fake-ai-generated-drake-weeknd-collaboration-heart-on-my-sleeve-1235585451/amp/
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on May 03, 2023, 10:02:57 PM
Debbie says that the writers just pushed their replacement forward by 5 years.


GPT-4 Can’t Replace Striking TV Writers, But Studios Are Going to Try

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkap3m/gpt-4-cant-replace-striking-tv-writers-but-studios-are-going-to-try
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on May 05, 2023, 04:00:48 PM
AI, the WGA Strike, and What Luddites Got Right | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/wga-strike-artificial-intelligence-luddites/
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on May 14, 2023, 04:38:05 PM
AI voice synthesising is being hailed as the future of video games – but at what cost?  | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/14/ai-voice-synthesising-is-being-hailed-as-the-future-of-video-games-but-at-what-cost
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on May 16, 2023, 10:21:07 PM
AI replacing voice actors for audiobooks

https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/13j6s11/ai_replacing_voice_actors_for_audiobooks/
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on June 02, 2023, 03:31:22 PM
Why Hollywood Really Fears Generative AI | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/hollywood-actors-artificial-intelligence-performance/
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on July 19, 2023, 12:37:32 AM
>Hollywood

Old Hollywood is screwed....

Maybe showing off an AI-generated fake TV episode during a writers' strike is a bad idea | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/maybe-showing-off-an-ai-generated-fake-tv-episode-during-a-writers-strike-is-a-bad-idea/
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: ergophobe on July 19, 2023, 10:13:41 PM
>>  public a paper on “Generative TV & Showrunner Agents.”

First they came for the writers, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a writer....
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on July 19, 2023, 11:55:00 PM
The new creative tech is beyond disruptive for this industry. It is still in its infancy and already far cheaper & faster.  I can't see a way for actors, writers, producers, etc. to preserve scarcity and charge $$ for it.
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: ergophobe on July 21, 2023, 04:25:08 PM
I think like everything, there will always be a market for a small number of people, but you won't need vast armies.

People have a tendency to say, "Yeah, but it will be a long time until an AI can do X." The problem with that is the studios won't wait until an AI can make films like the current films. AIs will make new sorts of films.

I was listening to Tom Hanks recently point out that that is because the technology makes that possible. He pointed out that even the first Batman movie was a wires and stuntpeople affair, but now they are massive CGI productions. The flood is based on the fact that these massive extravaganzas can mostly be green-screened.

So the tech drives the story. The medium is the message. It's not that AI will take over the jobs in the current industry, but that it will start to remake the industry in its image by favoring films that lend themselves to using more and more AI in production.
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on August 06, 2023, 02:00:39 PM
Washington can’t stop Hollywood’s AI apocalypse - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/04/washington-cant-stop-hollywoods-ai-apocalypse-justine-bateman-says-00109778
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on August 21, 2023, 01:10:06 PM
How AI is bringing film stars back from the dead - BBC Future

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230718-how-ai-is-bringing-film-stars-back-from-the-dead
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: rcjordan on November 02, 2023, 01:34:50 PM
Scarlett Johansson hits AI app with legal action for cloning her voice in an ad - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/1/23942557/scarlett-johansson-ai-app-developers-lawsuit
Title: Re: James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader
Post by: ergophobe on November 29, 2023, 03:25:37 AM

Stunning bikini model racks up thousands of fans online despite not being real

https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/stunning-bikini-model-racks-up-thousands-of-fans-online-despite-not-being-real-015746428.html