James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader

[rcjordan]

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/24/23370097/darth-vader-james-earl-jones-obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-ai-disney-lucasfilm

[littleman]

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?

[rcjordan]

>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

[rcjordan]

entertainment tech: Meet the Artists Using AI To Dethrone Tinseltown

https://dot.la/ai-pinnochio-movie-midjourney-2658362903.html

[rcjordan]

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

[rcjordan]

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

[rcjordan]

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/

[rcjordan]

How AI Animation Will Decimate The Industry Within 5 Years

https://nicksaraev.com/ai-animation-is-coming/

[rcjordan]

Hollywood Should Leave Dead Actors Alone  - Variety

https://variety.com/2022/film/columns/hollywood-dead-actors-ai-1235445783/

[rcjordan]

> 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/

[rcjordan]

<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

[rcjordan]

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/

[grnidone]

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

[ergophobe]

I mentioned elsewhere that Seth Godin had an AI copy his voices for a recent podcast. I didn't even notice.

[rcjordan]

"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/