[HN Gopher] Create AI videos by simply typing in text ___________________________________________________________________ Create AI videos by simply typing in text Author : vladoh Score : 35 points Date : 2021-05-29 21:02 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.synthesia.io) (TXT) w3m dump (www.synthesia.io) | mensetmanusman wrote: | Groups like nxivm are going to do strange things with this tech | in the future. | Cyril_HN wrote: | The eyes aren't quite right and sometimes.thr voice is a little | off, but I probably wouldn't notice in a real world setting | without prior knowledge. | stevenicr wrote: | Avoid getting your video rejected. Please make sure you adhere to | our content guidelines. Please keep your script professional and | business related. Political, sexual, personal, criminal and | discriminatory content will not be tolerated or approved. | | Ahh.. the anchor fm problem.. guess I'll need an open source | version. | | I started toying with libreBot I think it's called - which allows | you to do anything you want with these things if you self-host | license for a grand I think it was. | | This synthesia didn't even get the first sentence I tried. It | also requires a 'business email' and agree to terms that includes | "I agree to receive occasional product information as per | Synthesia Privacy Policy *" | | trying hard to keep the genie in the bottle aren't they. | devops000 wrote: | I created a step-by-step tutorial, but the voice still sounds too | robotic. Unfortunately it doesn't inspire trust to users. | flemhans wrote: | Scripts require manual review. It's not automated | FraserGreenlee wrote: | These videos are incredibly life like. I can see many virtual | companions being made with this. | xiphias2 wrote: | Here's the cookie text if you are lazy to read it...it sounds a | bit creepy: https://share.synthesia.io/a4159eee-f70b-4318-a8bc- | ec0fdf6af... | firefoxd wrote: | Impressive. Funny enough I've started to see those faces appear | on YouTube. The intention may be to create these corporate style | videos, but I'm counting down the minutes until my aunt starts | forwarding questionable things on WhatsApp. | erichurkman wrote: | Are sales spam emails going to start including personalized | videos? I guess I'll look forward to the "Hello dollar sign | firstname. I'm dollar sign agentname. My colleague recommended I | connect with you, as you both work at dollar sign employer" | template misfires. | 2bitencryption wrote: | There's something quite cyberpunk about smiling AI-generated | corporate headshot faces extolling the wonders of <insert product | here>. And I don't mean that in a good or bad way. I imagine | we'll start seeing these all over the place quite soon. | | I mean, combine it with GPT-3 and you've got something that's | nearly science fiction. Really interested to see where this goes. | selimonder wrote: | this is actually what alethea.ai is doing | istorical wrote: | So where's the version that allows NSFW content? Can't be the | only one who wanted to test this with erotica. | anonytrary wrote: | Valid use case! Starting with porn is probably a better | business idea to be honest. Porn is like a drug, easy to sell, | and when it differentiates itself, it stands out. That's why | there's stepmom and 3D tentacle porn. It's different, people | gain tolerance to average porn. This idea applied to porn would | probably have some novelty factor. | cs702 wrote: | Pretty good.... but not quite there yet, in my humble opinion. | | The lips, eyes, and facial features move in natural ways, but the | head remains frozen in a somewhat unnatural manner. It's just | inside the uncanny valley, with barely perceptible creepiness. | | I would hope to see improvements to make face/neck movements look | more natural, to overcome these issues over time! | Swizec wrote: | Fantastic technology and I love that the videos look and sound | super lifelike. The face looks like most instagram influencers | with vanilla broad-appeal pretty faces, which I guess is the | style these days. | | But what's the point? | | If you're gonna send someone a soulless corporate drone video, is | that really better than a soulless corporate email? I thought the | goal of doing video was that it's more personable and human ... | an AI video doesn't quite hit those goals does it? | trhway wrote: | >video was that it's more personable and human ... an AI video | | Can be made even more personable and human and can be | customized not just for broad appeal, it can be individually | customized for the appeal to the target person based say on the | target's profile, browsing history, etc. Similar to how | Cambridge Analytics did for text based messages. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-05-29 23:00 UTC)