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> Deepfake technology is not sophisticated enough to mimic an entire phone call with someone. With modern voice conversion technology it is perfectly possible
by nshm 6y ago
> Deepfake technology is not sophisticated enough to mimic an entire phone call with someone.
With modern voice conversion technology it is perfectly possible actually.
- seesawtron 6y agoindeed, the text to speech conversation works extremely fast even in browser (like Colab) once you get your model tuned right.
- jcims 6y agoKids in 2020 are going to be doing prank phone calls with GPT-3 and voice models from untraceable SIP phone numbers.
- holoduke 6y agoand Facebook is currently generating billions of voice profiles based on recorded WhatsApp sessions. Soon these profiles are sold to advertising agencies.
- smegma2 6y agoIs this true? On Google I only see mentions of using voice data to improve their speech transcribing.
- personjerry 6y agoNo, WhatsApp messages and calls are end-to-end encrypted.
- jcims 6y agoSounds like a conspiracy theory but those aren’t mutually exclusive.
- crazygringo 6y agoVoice imitation isn't just timbre. It's prosody, rhythm, accent, word choice, and so on. By the time you've mastered all those, you're practically halfway to becoming a professional voiceover artist. Remember, trained voiceover artists have been mimicking voices for a long, long time. Their timbre isn't always perfect, but faking voices doesn't need deepfakes.
- Enginerrrd 6y agoIf you're looking for it sure. But I'm willing to bet existing technology is sufficient to catch an awful lot of people off guard. Hearing a familiar voice is usually quite disarming.