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I can think that better quality audio content generated from text would be a killer application. As someone else mentioned, pipe in an epub, output an audioboo

I can think that better quality audio content generated from text would be a killer application. As someone else mentioned, pipe in an epub, output an audiobook or video game content. With additional tooling (likely via ai/llm analysis), this could enable things like dramatic storytelling with specific character voices and dynamics interpreted from the content of the text. I can see it empowering solo creators in similar ways that modern music tools enable solo or small-budget musicians today.

latexr 3y ago
> pipe in an epub, output an audiobook or video game content. That falls into “replacing voice actors”, mentioned by the OP.
- blackqueeriroh 3y ago
  No, it really doesn’t. There are thousands of very smart and talented creators without the budget to hire voice actors. This lets them get a start. AI voices let you lower the barrier to entry, but they won’t replace most voice actors because the higher you go up the stack, the more the demand for real actors will also go up because AI voices aren’t anywhere near being able to replace real voice actors.
  - tonnydourado 3y ago
    As another reply put, I'm very skeptical that the benefits for small content creators will offset the damaged to society as a whole, from increased fraud and harassment.
  - latexr 3y ago
    > AI voices let you lower the barrier to entry, but they won’t replace most voice actors because the higher you go up the stack, the more the demand for real actors will also go up That is as absurd as saying LLMs are increasing the demand for writers. > because AI voices aren’t anywhere near being able to replace real voice actors. Even if that were true—which it is not; the current crop is more than adequate to read long texts—it assumes the technology has reached its limit, which is equally absurd.
- albert_e 3y ago
  What if I want to listen to my notes in my own voice Or my favorite books in my own voice. Or my lecture notes in my professor's voice.
devinprater 3y ago
Or, when it gets fast enough, someone could have their own personal dub of video games (BlazBlue Central Fiction) or TV shows and such.

latexr 3y ago

> pipe in an epub, output an audiobook or video game content. That falls into “replacing voice actors”, mentioned by the OP.

blackqueeriroh 3y ago
No, it really doesn’t. There are thousands of very smart and talented creators without the budget to hire voice actors. This lets them get a start. AI voices let you lower the barrier to entry, but they won’t replace most voice actors because the higher you go up the stack, the more the demand for real actors will also go up because AI voices aren’t anywhere near being able to replace real voice actors.
- tonnydourado 3y ago
  As another reply put, I'm very skeptical that the benefits for small content creators will offset the damaged to society as a whole, from increased fraud and harassment.
- latexr 3y ago
  > AI voices let you lower the barrier to entry, but they won’t replace most voice actors because the higher you go up the stack, the more the demand for real actors will also go up That is as absurd as saying LLMs are increasing the demand for writers. > because AI voices aren’t anywhere near being able to replace real voice actors. Even if that were true—which it is not; the current crop is more than adequate to read long texts—it assumes the technology has reached its limit, which is equally absurd.
albert_e 3y ago
What if I want to listen to my notes in my own voice Or my favorite books in my own voice. Or my lecture notes in my professor's voice.

devinprater 3y ago

Or, when it gets fast enough, someone could have their own personal dub of video games (BlazBlue Central Fiction) or TV shows and such.