Hi folks, another shitty story from the slop-pocalypse ((AI-)slopalypse?).
Article from billboard, archive
NB: I think this story is bullshit. I imagine some parts are true, but there’s no concrete source given for the “$3 million” figure. So it’s my speculation that this story is hype cooked up by Suno (the AI company enabling this all) and thrown at publishers for an easy headline. Also the human behind this has their name spelled differently in the two articles, so clearly some quality journalism is happening.
Ignorant question ahead: how do the voices work with these things? A face, or entire body, is limited in its range of motion by our skeleton and muscles (for the large part. Puff your cheeks - there’s one of many exceptions). A voice, though, is MUCH more dynamic. Programming the lyrics and notes wouldn’t be nearly enough. Just getting the tone and inflections right seems like it would be an absolute nightmare.
I was wondering the same thing about that AI “actress”. In the case of a talented professional, (or even a hack who’s terrible but trying their best) a LOT of care and thought goes into the emotion behind each word. How do they program that? Or are these just fancy 3D puppets with human voice actors behind them?
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I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. Audio prompts can be just as approximate as video prompts. Very simple answer. Thank you.
Of course, I’m still not crazy about it, but that’s a different topic.