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Maybe I am crazy but I don't really think it sounds that much like him. It's a little similar but different. It's slightly higher pitch, more nasal, and the int

by donatj 2y ago

Maybe I am crazy but I don't really think it sounds that much like him. It's a little similar but different. It's slightly higher pitch, more nasal, and the intonation is a little different.

re 2y ago
As someone who hasn't heard of him before, from the first few seconds of this video, I'd say it sounds similar enough to be an imperfect AI clone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMofZIT9FcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMofZIT9FcQ
mattl 2y ago
I’ve watched hundreds of his videos and it sounds very much like him.
hysan 2y ago
As some who has watched all his videos and livestreams, I think that it very much sounds like him.
unraveller 2y ago
With the tools I'm aware of you just add clips of as many types of voices you want blended in and it blends everything in them to an unknowable uncontrollable degree plus entropy of the system. I suspect their story is they have added in more pleasant sounding voices to the mix which provides enough differentiation. Question is: who is to say how much is needed before it escapes likeness theft? The king of generic nerd voices is going to claim excessive likeness and the accused lifter isn't going to reveal his whole process. Also tuning AI voices by ear is surely possible soon so category kings are not saved by demanding to be left out of training. A ministry of voice authority sounds bleak.
sentientslug 2y ago
It is clearly trained on his voice. The intonation and pitch differences you describe are just because it’s AI generated and not human speech.
ahaucnx 2y ago
There are definitely elements in the voice that totally sound like Jeff.
RockRobotRock 2y ago
It's definitely his voice. Either way, why can't they hire a fucking voice actor instead of using this text to speech crap?
- throwaway314155 2y ago
  Why couldn't the fraudulent scammer be "less fraudulent" by paying a person to rip off his voice instead of having an ML model do it? You realize that makes no sense, right?
  - RockRobotRock 2y ago
    That's not what I meant, my comment was just poorly worded. It's really shitty that they ripped off his voice using AI. In addition, I dislike the trend of using text-to-speech for YouTube videos in general.
throwaway314155 2y ago
> Maybe I am crazy but You are crazy.
Havoc 2y ago
I'd say it is close enough to be quite certain that cloning was the intent

by donatj 2y ago

Maybe I am crazy but I don't really think it sounds that much like him. It's a little similar but different. It's slightly higher pitch, more nasal, and the intonation is a little different.

re 2y ago

As someone who hasn't heard of him before, from the first few seconds of this video, I'd say it sounds similar enough to be an imperfect AI clone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMofZIT9FcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMofZIT9FcQ

mattl 2y ago

I’ve watched hundreds of his videos and it sounds very much like him.

hysan 2y ago

As some who has watched all his videos and livestreams, I think that it very much sounds like him.

unraveller 2y ago

With the tools I'm aware of you just add clips of as many types of voices you want blended in and it blends everything in them to an unknowable uncontrollable degree plus entropy of the system. I suspect their story is they have added in more pleasant sounding voices to the mix which provides enough differentiation. Question is: who is to say how much is needed before it escapes likeness theft? The king of generic nerd voices is going to claim excessive likeness and the accused lifter isn't going to reveal his whole process. Also tuning AI voices by ear is surely possible soon so category kings are not saved by demanding to be left out of training. A ministry of voice authority sounds bleak.

sentientslug 2y ago

It is clearly trained on his voice. The intonation and pitch differences you describe are just because it’s AI generated and not human speech.

ahaucnx 2y ago

There are definitely elements in the voice that totally sound like Jeff.

RockRobotRock 2y ago

It's definitely his voice. Either way, why can't they hire a fucking voice actor instead of using this text to speech crap?

throwaway314155 2y ago
Why couldn't the fraudulent scammer be "less fraudulent" by paying a person to rip off his voice instead of having an ML model do it? You realize that makes no sense, right?
- RockRobotRock 2y ago
  That's not what I meant, my comment was just poorly worded. It's really shitty that they ripped off his voice using AI. In addition, I dislike the trend of using text-to-speech for YouTube videos in general.

throwaway314155 2y ago

> Maybe I am crazy but You are crazy.

Havoc 2y ago

I'd say it is close enough to be quite certain that cloning was the intent