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Have you ever watched Jim Carrey imitate another star’s voice and were amazed by it? Then get ready to be wowed by a revolution in synthetic voices created by artificial intelligence.
It used to be that voices are somewhat of a person’s fingerprint: You will always recognize your parents speaking, even over the worst phone connection.
But things are changing big time: AI can now imitate anyone’s voice almost instantly. And the applications are endless - you could listen to your favorite podcast in the voice of Barbara Streisand, George Clooney’s voice could be used in every language his movies are released in, and maybe - but just maybe - Siri might finally be able to hold a decent conversation while sounding like you.
At the heart of it is a process called machine learning. It analyses voice samples from real people, figures out what makes them unique, and builds a profile that can be applied to any voice or read any text. This is something that only recent evolutions in computer processing power enabled.
You know, we may even try it out for this podcast, just to see if you can tell the difference. Because if it gets this voice and pronunciation right - then anything is possible!
And that concludes our week on all the amazing things AI can do and will change. Let us know how you like these mini series… And next time we’ll talk about a secret project we’ve been working on.
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Copywriting is done by Arndt Voges, Social Media is done by Brett Holleman and design is done by Carmen Rincon. And the voice in between was generated by AI. Happy weekend!