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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Oh, they created the Lionel Messi too? It was AWFUL. Messi's voice was so far from his real voice that we created a few videos as a joke with my friends.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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!
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?
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.
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.
[1] https://www.botlibre.com/
[2] https://www.botlibre.com/upgrade.jsp
[3] https://www.botlibre.com/download.jsp
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.
Honestly, I'm not impressed.
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.
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.
As more things become intellectual property, the tendency of property to pool becomes severe.
Actors get a % rev share + upfront fee to work with us :)
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/
Sure it does. It synthesizes video from text.
Is there anything other than the “synthes” that synthesis shares with synthesia , connecting this product to synthesia in particular?
Thought the piano software was named after that word. Didn’t check the spelling.
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
Anybody can stand blankly in front of a camera without emotion. But this is an impressive start.