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More samples available on their github page: https://valle-demo.github.io/ https://valle-demo.github.io/ Personally, I find that their samples aren't near any

More samples available on their github page: https://valle-demo.github.io/ https://valle-demo.github.io/ Personally, I find that their samples aren't near anything I'd call "dangerous". I cross-compared the baseline examples to the VALL-E ones when the paper dropped, and found several that were garbled in the usual robotics sounding TTS failures. Probably a good thing that people are getting alarmed before a true indistinguishable voice cloner exists, though.

323 4y ago
> before a true indistinguishable voice cloner exists At the rate things are progressing that's about two years away.
chpatrick 4y ago
One or two papers down the line...
- nemacol 4y ago
  I can hear their voice > "Dear Fellow Scholars, this is Two Minute Papers.... "
  - infinityio 4y ago
    ...but is it actually their voice, or just a simulation of it?
  - llagerlof 4y ago
    "What a time to be alive!"
- coding123 4y ago
  I think as soon as someone embeds the "excitement" or "sadness" and other emotions as training. Or perhaps combine it with GPT's abilities. There are no voice inflections. It's too dry and non-compelling. It's very much like a non-emotional programmer right now.
- serverholic 4y ago
  He makes great videos but I wish he’d use a tool like Vall-E to narrate because his natural vocal cadence is like nails on a chalkboard to me. The way. He talks. Is like. He puts. A period. Every. Word. Or two.
  - hermitdev 4y ago
    > The way. He talks. Is like. He puts. A period. Every. Word. Or two. So... Like Shatner? Sorry, couldn't resist.
  - rafram 4y ago
    His old videos weren’t like that! He certainly had an accent, but his speaking pattern was much less unusual. I think that he’s exaggerated it over time, leaning into it as a part of his channel’s trademark (so-to-speak) style. Kind of silly.
    - serverholic 4y ago
      Silly is fine, but like I said this is like nails on the chalkboard for me. To the point where I have to turn his videos off even though I want to watch them. It’s like when Lex Fridman goes on a tangent about love. I just can’t do it lol.
naillo 4y ago
This looks simple enough that stable diffusion people should be able to replicate it by applying openais whisper on a some large dataset of voices. Exciting times.
another-dave 4y ago
> Personally, I find that their samples aren't near anything I'd call "dangerous". I don't think you'd be able to pretend it's a speech given on TV or whatever, but I think they're probably good enough for phishing e.g. the usual scam of pretending to be a stranded family member, but this time rather than texting/WhatsApping them, you can do a live audio call. Just (like the newspapers used to do to celebrities) try out lots of PIN numbers on random voicemails and lift a message from a family member if you get in. I think given that mobile phone reception isn't always stellar anyway, this would be be very effective. Layer in a background track of random street noise and prompt the target with deflections "Sorry, the line is really bad; it's breaking up a lot. I can't hear you properly but if you can still here me, can you send me $X".
- galangalalgol 4y ago
  Or tie it to chatgpt primed with the prompt of: You are an actor playing the role of <target's partner> and you have left your credit card at home, but you need the information to purchase a gift for <target> before the sale ends.
  - gigel82 4y ago
    Sprinkle in some deepfake on top and you get a killer combo.
- hooande 4y ago
  People already do this now, successfully, without deep faking voices. Apparently all it takes is having someone of the correct gender kind of mumble. People will hear what they have been emotionally primed to hear a real life $5 wrench type solution
  - goodgoblin 4y ago
    you are totally right - I just watched the original Point Break over the weekend and all the surfing scenes obviously have different human beings from the actors they are meant to resemble but your brain still wants to think they are the same.
rileyphone 4y ago
https://play.ht/voice-cloning/ https://play.ht/voice-cloning/
- o_____________o 4y ago
  $300/month :/
cortesoft 4y ago
Yeah, it is only a matter of time. Better to be prepared before it happens then to be caught off guard.

323 4y ago

> before a true indistinguishable voice cloner exists At the rate things are progressing that's about two years away.

chpatrick 4y ago

One or two papers down the line...

nemacol 4y ago
I can hear their voice > "Dear Fellow Scholars, this is Two Minute Papers.... "
- infinityio 4y ago
  ...but is it actually their voice, or just a simulation of it?
- llagerlof 4y ago
  "What a time to be alive!"
coding123 4y ago
I think as soon as someone embeds the "excitement" or "sadness" and other emotions as training. Or perhaps combine it with GPT's abilities. There are no voice inflections. It's too dry and non-compelling. It's very much like a non-emotional programmer right now.
serverholic 4y ago
He makes great videos but I wish he’d use a tool like Vall-E to narrate because his natural vocal cadence is like nails on a chalkboard to me. The way. He talks. Is like. He puts. A period. Every. Word. Or two.
- hermitdev 4y ago
  > The way. He talks. Is like. He puts. A period. Every. Word. Or two. So... Like Shatner? Sorry, couldn't resist.
- rafram 4y ago
  His old videos weren’t like that! He certainly had an accent, but his speaking pattern was much less unusual. I think that he’s exaggerated it over time, leaning into it as a part of his channel’s trademark (so-to-speak) style. Kind of silly.
  - serverholic 4y ago
    Silly is fine, but like I said this is like nails on the chalkboard for me. To the point where I have to turn his videos off even though I want to watch them. It’s like when Lex Fridman goes on a tangent about love. I just can’t do it lol.

naillo 4y ago

This looks simple enough that stable diffusion people should be able to replicate it by applying openais whisper on a some large dataset of voices. Exciting times.

another-dave 4y ago

> Personally, I find that their samples aren't near anything I'd call "dangerous". I don't think you'd be able to pretend it's a speech given on TV or whatever, but I think they're probably good enough for phishing e.g. the usual scam of pretending to be a stranded family member, but this time rather than texting/WhatsApping them, you can do a live audio call. Just (like the newspapers used to do to celebrities) try out lots of PIN numbers on random voicemails and lift a message from a family member if you get in. I think given that mobile phone reception isn't always stellar anyway, this would be be very effective. Layer in a background track of random street noise and prompt the target with deflections "Sorry, the line is really bad; it's breaking up a lot. I can't hear you properly but if you can still here me, can you send me $X".

galangalalgol 4y ago
Or tie it to chatgpt primed with the prompt of: You are an actor playing the role of <target's partner> and you have left your credit card at home, but you need the information to purchase a gift for <target> before the sale ends.
- gigel82 4y ago
  Sprinkle in some deepfake on top and you get a killer combo.
hooande 4y ago
People already do this now, successfully, without deep faking voices. Apparently all it takes is having someone of the correct gender kind of mumble. People will hear what they have been emotionally primed to hear a real life $5 wrench type solution
- goodgoblin 4y ago
  you are totally right - I just watched the original Point Break over the weekend and all the surfing scenes obviously have different human beings from the actors they are meant to resemble but your brain still wants to think they are the same.

rileyphone 4y ago

https://play.ht/voice-cloning/ https://play.ht/voice-cloning/

o_____________o 4y ago
$300/month :/

cortesoft 4y ago

Yeah, it is only a matter of time. Better to be prepared before it happens then to be caught off guard.