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Interesting idea with the avatar, but I feel like just having a voice and some audio waves would be better than trying to create a talking avatar. Could just be
by dewey 2y ago
Interesting idea with the avatar, but I feel like just having a voice and some audio waves would be better than trying to create a talking avatar. Could just be my personal preference of not having a mental image of someone unknown I guess? Similar to reading a book after watching the movie adaptation.
- djmips 2y agoHow about just listening to the interview then?
- dewey 2y agoI'm aware of that possibility but I don't mind watching the other interviewer and I'm also not sure if there's something being shown (screenshots etc.) after the first few minutes I watched. I know it's probably a "me problem" ;)
- luke-stanley 2y agoIt does make me wonder what easy way to do ML assisted shot / person detection and `blanking` is. I'm just gonna point out there is a nerd snipe danger here ;D Although the avatar tool is probably not SOTA, I thought the 3D model was a really cool way to deal with interviewing Gwern, I am quite enjoying the current video.
- admksx45v65uqpw 2y ago[dead]
- michaelt 2y agoIt seemed weird to me too. In my country, when TV series are interviewing anonymous people they use specific visual language - pixellated face, or facing away from the camera, or face clad in shadow. Having an actor voice the words is normal. But having an actor showing the anonymous person's face is an... unusual choice.
- keiferski 2y agoThe voice was a real person’s, but the face/head was AI.