Alexa is the voice assistant from . Soon she will be able to speak with the voice of anyone. The company has announced that it is working on an enhancement that imitates any voice previously heard.
Alexa will only need a minute
On Wednesday, Amazon held a conference in Las Vegas. The company said it wanted to make “the memories last forever” because so “many of us have lost someone we love” over time. It is impossible not to notice that these words sound like taken out of a science-fiction series.
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But then it gets even more disturbing. The company presented the technology using a recording with a child, which is a fairly common advertising ploy – children are associated with innocence. In the video, a child asks “Alexa, can Grandma finish reading The Wizard of Oz for me?” After a while, Alexa changes her voice to a less robotic one and starts reading. And it must be admitted that it could be the voice of a real person. You can find this moment in the video at 1:02:35.
Amazon said that ultimately the algorithm will only need a minute sample to play any voice. It is not known when this functionality would be introduced.
Amazon develops and shares, while Microsoft restricts the use of voice imitation technology
Voice and face imitation technologies are quite controversial. These algorithms are so advanced that they can effectively mislead anyone. In order to warn against deepfake technology, Channel 4 for Christmas 2020 published
It is not difficult to imagine using such a solution for a much worse purpose. For this reason, however, Amazon apparently does not mind. There is also the issue of mourning, which raises questions whether, for example, such a tool will not make it difficult to come to terms with the death of a loved one? Instead of working through this difficult time, you may be tempted to talk to Alexa about the dead man’s voice and pretend nothing happened.
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Source: Gazeta
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