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So what, they set out to make a speech-generating AI tool and only after they finished it realized that they had made a speech-generating AI tool?

ulnarkressty 3y ago
<Jurassic Park quote> The engineer/maker types sometimes fail to consider second order effects of whatever they are building if the coolness factor is high enough.
eloisius 3y ago
I would guess that “too dangerous” is both hype and also means it utters insensitive statements. Not that it’s primed to topple human society.
- 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
  This is the only thing that makes sense.
- ChildOfChaos 3y ago
  What do you mean it 'utters insensitive statements', this is not a chat bot, it's text to speech, it generates speech for exactly what you type in, the threat is that it can be trained to sound like exactly anyone and the potential for fake news etc is high. The trouble is, this is already partly here and going to be increasingly available. For smaller startups that already do this like ElevenLabs, they have no reason to hold back, as it's there entire business, Meta can for now, but it's a fruitless exercise. These tools are coming. Meta doesn't want the flack hurting or causing investigations into it's current business is more what it means, it will release the tool when others have released there's and it will no longer be the one to blame.
  - ChildOfChaos 3y ago
    'Utters insensitive statements' is clearly the domain of humans, checking on my threads and I realise what an ass I sound like, I didn't mean to be so combative with it. Apologies.
- flangola7 3y ago
  The FBI warning about malicious communication using loved ones' voices is very damning.
  - throwaway14356 3y ago
    the post love age
gonzo41 3y ago
Yeah they don't want to be blamed for more deep fakes and election interference. This sort of tech is a strategic risk to meta.
radq 3y ago
More like the engineers and scientists built it, but legal and PR think it's a bad idea to release. Which they're probably right about considering the reception Galactica got.

ulnarkressty 3y ago

<Jurassic Park quote> The engineer/maker types sometimes fail to consider second order effects of whatever they are building if the coolness factor is high enough.

eloisius 3y ago

I would guess that “too dangerous” is both hype and also means it utters insensitive statements. Not that it’s primed to topple human society.

111111IIIIIII 3y ago
This is the only thing that makes sense.
ChildOfChaos 3y ago
What do you mean it 'utters insensitive statements', this is not a chat bot, it's text to speech, it generates speech for exactly what you type in, the threat is that it can be trained to sound like exactly anyone and the potential for fake news etc is high. The trouble is, this is already partly here and going to be increasingly available. For smaller startups that already do this like ElevenLabs, they have no reason to hold back, as it's there entire business, Meta can for now, but it's a fruitless exercise. These tools are coming. Meta doesn't want the flack hurting or causing investigations into it's current business is more what it means, it will release the tool when others have released there's and it will no longer be the one to blame.
- ChildOfChaos 3y ago
  'Utters insensitive statements' is clearly the domain of humans, checking on my threads and I realise what an ass I sound like, I didn't mean to be so combative with it. Apologies.
flangola7 3y ago
The FBI warning about malicious communication using loved ones' voices is very damning.
- throwaway14356 3y ago
  the post love age

gonzo41 3y ago

Yeah they don't want to be blamed for more deep fakes and election interference. This sort of tech is a strategic risk to meta.

radq 3y ago

More like the engineers and scientists built it, but legal and PR think it's a bad idea to release. Which they're probably right about considering the reception Galactica got.