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some more context for this https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/17/23920733/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-ai-robocalls-spanish-mandarin https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/17/2

• Wowfunhappy 3y ago
  Wow. This is completely absurd. There are plenty of Spanish, Yiddish, Mandarin, etc speakers in New York City. Get one of them to record the damn phone call. Using Adams's own voice is a stupid and unnecessary use of technology (and presumably taxpayer dollars).
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• neom 3y ago
  “This is deeply unethical, especially on the taxpayer’s dime,” Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn said in a statement. “Using AI to convince New Yorkers that he speaks languages that he doesn’t is deeply Orwellian. Yes, we need announcements in all of New Yorkers’ native languages, but the deep fakes are just a creepy vanity project.” Jeeze, talk about a storm in a teacup. Wonder if this guy thinks it's deeply Orwellian to localize the mayors press releases or city services websites into constituents languages too? Who cares if it's in the voice of the mayor or MS-Brad-M-7, if it's getting the message about hiring halls out to the community, more power to them.