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They named their tts "Deep Throat"? Why would you?

by hojjat12000 4y ago

Bytewave81 4y ago
They knew.
latenightcoding 4y ago
bronnies
xdennis 4y ago
It could be a reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(Watergate) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(Watergate)
- mgdlbp 4y ago
  to the DeepFoo pattern in deep learning naming, more likely.
  - BeFlatXIII 4y ago
    Why not both at once?
    - mgdlbp 4y ago
      Sill nothing to top 'DeepCreamPy' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29737049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29737049
      - mgdlbp 4y ago
        All six contiguous subsequences of the three tokens have meaning: - Deep, because it's deep-learning based - Cream, referring to its pornographic application - Py, as it's written in Python - DeepCream is close to DeepDream - CreamPy is homophonic to creampie - As a whole, homophonous to deep creampie, a meaningful pairing of noun and adjective
- droidist2 4y ago
  Which itself was a reference to the pornographic film of the same name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(film)
- cal85 4y ago
  Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(The_X-Files) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(The_X-Files)
quenix 4y ago
Perhaps as a joke?
userbinator 4y ago
Relatedly, a speech synth (or rather, the "output" part) that has appeared on HN before is named the Pink Trombone: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18912628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18912628
layer8 4y ago
Maybe they’re seeing a need for text-to-speech in the porn market?
neilv 4y ago
I came back to the HN comments to ask the same thing, when I saw that. I think this is kinda edgy humor that can work in small, select groups. But maybe in most contexts in which people will be looking at AI method tech demos (e.g., within a company, or researchers at a university), we're still feeling ongoing effects of multi-generational injustices. In such a context, no one wants to be associating to ideas of women around some infamous '70s porn film. Doing that, and making light of it, seems like it'd rightly bother a lot of people. When you're focused on a project, and maybe first discussing/showing in one small group, it can be easy to forget there are many additional things going on outside that group, some of which we also want to consider. I've made that mistake multiple times, including with the wrong humor for a context, still cringe when I think of instances of it, and this looks like that to me. Maybe the developer will see this discussion, and decide to change some things, ASAP. It might still be relatively easy to change. (Maybe doable before Monday business hours, in the time zone of the university mentioned prominently.)
- alexb_ 4y ago
  Imagine being so uptight that you see a harmless joke, get mad about it, make many assumptions about a person that you've never met, and not only tell them to change it but give them a deadline to do so.
ubber 4y ago
- deleted 4y ago
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15ai 4y ago
It was a suggestion from a Twitter user, and I found it clever.
- Akronymus 4y ago
  I am just gonna take this oppurtunity to say: THANK YOU. For your work on the site and the joy it brings. And thank you for not censoring input. Your site is simply the best out there for making characters voice copypastas and such.

They named their tts "Deep Throat"? Why would you?

Bytewave81 4y ago

They knew.

latenightcoding 4y ago

bronnies

xdennis 4y ago

It could be a reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(Watergate) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(Watergate)

mgdlbp 4y ago
to the DeepFoo pattern in deep learning naming, more likely.
- BeFlatXIII 4y ago
  Why not both at once?
  - mgdlbp 4y ago
    Sill nothing to top 'DeepCreamPy' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29737049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29737049
    - mgdlbp 4y ago
      All six contiguous subsequences of the three tokens have meaning: - Deep, because it's deep-learning based - Cream, referring to its pornographic application - Py, as it's written in Python - DeepCream is close to DeepDream - CreamPy is homophonic to creampie - As a whole, homophonous to deep creampie, a meaningful pairing of noun and adjective
droidist2 4y ago
Which itself was a reference to the pornographic film of the same name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(film)
cal85 4y ago
Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(The_X-Files) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(The_X-Files)

quenix 4y ago

Perhaps as a joke?

userbinator 4y ago

Relatedly, a speech synth (or rather, the "output" part) that has appeared on HN before is named the Pink Trombone: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18912628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18912628

layer8 4y ago

Maybe they’re seeing a need for text-to-speech in the porn market?

neilv 4y ago

I came back to the HN comments to ask the same thing, when I saw that. I think this is kinda edgy humor that can work in small, select groups. But maybe in most contexts in which people will be looking at AI method tech demos (e.g., within a company, or researchers at a university), we're still feeling ongoing effects of multi-generational injustices. In such a context, no one wants to be associating to ideas of women around some infamous '70s porn film. Doing that, and making light of it, seems like it'd rightly bother a lot of people. When you're focused on a project, and maybe first discussing/showing in one small group, it can be easy to forget there are many additional things going on outside that group, some of which we also want to consider. I've made that mistake multiple times, including with the wrong humor for a context, still cringe when I think of instances of it, and this looks like that to me. Maybe the developer will see this discussion, and decide to change some things, ASAP. It might still be relatively easy to change. (Maybe doable before Monday business hours, in the time zone of the university mentioned prominently.)

alexb_ 4y ago
Imagine being so uptight that you see a harmless joke, get mad about it, make many assumptions about a person that you've never met, and not only tell them to change it but give them a deadline to do so.

ubber 4y ago

deleted 4y ago
[deleted]

15ai 4y ago

It was a suggestion from a Twitter user, and I found it clever.

Akronymus 4y ago
I am just gonna take this oppurtunity to say: THANK YOU. For your work on the site and the joy it brings. And thank you for not censoring input. Your site is simply the best out there for making characters voice copypastas and such.