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These videos are incredibly life like. I can see many virtual companions being made with this.
Glad you like it!
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.
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.

this is actually what alethea.ai is doing
So where's the version that allows NSFW content? Can't be the only one who wanted to test this with erotica.
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.
It must be available somewhere, in order to satisfy the rule 34.
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!

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?

>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.

This could be the face of an AI personal assistant, with GPT-3 like dialogue skills and using web search to find relevant information in order to solve its tasks.
Groups like nxivm are going to do strange things with this tech in the future.
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.
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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.

Bot Libre [1] "allows anyone to create their own chat bot for free, including free hosting, even for commercial bots." Paid plans [2] provide more bot interactions, larger knowledge bases, and design support. You can download the free community edition [3] to run on your own server.

[1] https://www.botlibre.com/

[2] https://www.botlibre.com/upgrade.jsp

[3] https://www.botlibre.com/download.jsp

yes this is the one! - I have kicked around a few tutorials on how to manipulate the digital avatars add-in.. So far I'm loving everything I've found with this one.

I may end up hiring some merc help to get it self hosted and running with some customized avatars.. the custom digital avatar stuff can be really complex if you want it to be - which I like - but I know I would spend weeks playing with all that, and someone that knows the digital stage / lighting tools out there can likely slap together what I would need for a small launch project in a day.

Curse the fun police, I wanted to make a virtual corporate avatar recite gangsta rap lyrics.
This sounds like exactly the sort of thing Omega Mart would want to experiment with. Though perhaps they might feel an AI would be overkill this case…
I created a step-by-step tutorial, but the voice still sounds too robotic. Unfortunately it doesn't inspire trust to users.
Scripts require manual review. It's not automated
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...
Thanks for posting this. I wanted to try this but didn't want to give out my info.

Honestly, I'm not impressed.

Jesus. If aliens dropped out of the sky and showed you technology so powerful that it allowed you to restructure reality itself according to your imagination, you would still be like... meh, I wanted rainbows made entirely of blue but that’s clearly aqua marine.
I would pay for any product that impresses you if this didn't.
The product is alright, the annoying requirements to sign up, receive spam and a long list of forbidden content isn't.
Her mouth missed multiple consonants, especially jarring was the "t" in "about".
That jarring transition when she says the word "interact" reminds me of the glitches from Max Headroom.
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.
I think that's one of those 'logical conclusion' things. And it won't be emails. It will be the places where video is more appropriate: instagram, facebook, text message video, zoom calls.
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It forces you to select that option to receive promotional emails from them before submiting a script.
https://share.synthesia.io/d8860a05-2870-4315-9316-b03cbc76a...

Animations are pretty good. Pronunciation could use some work. There also does not seem to be a way to influence the inflection, which is an absolutely crucial component for sales pitches. It's not so much what you say, but how you say it. Also, the right people have to sell the right things. Words coming from Elon's mouth in regards to cryptocurrency have a far greater effect on market behavior than the exact same words coming from this AI person's mouth.

Interesting. I hope the models were paid adequately, considering that they can now use them effectively for free infinitely.

Reminds me of the movie The Congress.

Obviously this technology has a long way to go, but it seems that that actors should feel less secure about their jobs being resistant to automation.

Ari has really good foresight/insight on media. I thought the commodification aspect was a little thick/cheesy att. Now, I think it's dead on.

As more things become intellectual property, the tendency of property to pool becomes severe.

Founder here

Actors get a % rev share + upfront fee to work with us :)

Aw man, it kind of made it seem like it would be generated fast, but then you find out after putting in your information that it requires manual review.
Will not demo anything that requires me to put in that much of my data to try their product.
Synthesia is also the name of a much more established, extremely popular midi/piano visualisation software[1]. If you've ever looked up "<song> piano tutorial" on youtube, you've probably seen that program.

It's a shame they chose that name, since it was such a great play on words for the midi software (synesthesia is sound into colorful visuals, and midi uses synths) whereas this product has basically no relation.

[1] https://synthesiagame.com/

> this product has basically no relation

Sure it does. It synthesizes video from text.

Ok, but is there anything that connects it to the word synthesia beyond a connection to the word synthesis? Synthesia means something more specific.

Is there anything other than the “synthes” that synthesis shares with synthesia , connecting this product to synthesia in particular?

Is synthesia an actual word? I'm not able to find any reference to it that isn't the piano software or this. Are you thinking of synesthesia?
I am thinking of synesthesia, yes.

Thought the piano software was named after that word. Didn’t check the spelling.

“Synthesia” is probably an amalgam of “synthesis,synthetic” and “synesthesia”. You would really have to ask the author to find out.

Edit: It's worth pointing out that while the words look quite alike, they don't mean the same thing,

synthesis: to put together

aesthesia: ability to feel or perceive sensations

Synesthesia isn't specific to just visual experience from auditory stimulus. It really denotes any mix of senses, be it experiencing visuals when listening to music (reported by e.g. LSD users), bodily sensations from colors et.c.
I think in general the quality is quite good, but the characters lack personality. I think that is the opportunity. Create something with more lively movement. Think the Sham-wow guy.

Anybody can stand blankly in front of a camera without emotion. But this is an impressive start.

$3/minute of video seems a bit steep. $180/hour of video.
I would rather watch paint dry than an hour of this uncanny valley... thing.
Just give me the ability to be offensive. Who are you to stop me?