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There are ethical concerns but I think we'll just learn to live with it. Forging signatures are easy and have been around forever but signatures are still used
by httpz 5y ago
There are ethical concerns but I think we'll just learn to live with it.
Forging signatures are easy and have been around forever but signatures are still used for very important purposes (even electronically now!).
It may take a while for the legal system to catch up and using voice recordings as evidence may be tricker than before.
But on a more exciting front, I think synthetic voice can be made like fonts.
Celebrities and voice actors will be able to sell their synthetic voice like how fonts are sold today.
You'll be able to change the voice of your Alexa, Siri to a voice you downloaded from a marketplace.
Netflix may even let you select the narrator's voice for your favorite documentary.
Hundreds of years later, people may be watching a documentary in Morgan Freeman's voice while having no idea that he was actually a famous actor in the past.
- BrandoElFollito 5y agoSignatures used for very important purposes are only decoration. They must be used in conjunction with something else (a notary, an independent exchange that confirms that the signature is actually binding, etc.). The electronic signature is completely different: there is no visible artefact anymore, but a process that seals a document and (under appropriate legislation), certifies that the signer is who he is. A visual object is sometimes added for aesthetic purposes.
- httpz 5y agoWhat you listed are just ways we've learned to live with the forgeable nature of signatures. Now voice recordings (and even videos) will have a similar fate in the future.