[HN Gopher] Create AI videos by simply typing in text
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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.
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