Joker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' timewww.mylondon.newsexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1551arrow-down11
arrow-up1550arrow-down1external-linkAI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' timewww.mylondon.newsJoker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareKillerTofu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoBeen around a while. https://www.lennytroll.com
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 hours agoLenny isn’t AI; it’s just a collection of prerecorded messages.
minus-squareKillerTofu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·23 hours agoThe tool has existed. Frosting it as “ai” doesn’t make it really different.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·22 hours agoAI makes it different because this is likely dynamically synthesized speech that sounds real. Previous TTS engines wouldn’t have sounded real enough to be believable.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·22 hours agoIt’s amazing how simple something like this can be and still be effective. Machine learning is not that necessary for this use case 😉
Been around a while. https://www.lennytroll.com
Lenny isn’t AI; it’s just a collection of prerecorded messages.
The tool has existed. Frosting it as “ai” doesn’t make it really different.
AI makes it different because this is likely dynamically synthesized speech that sounds real. Previous TTS engines wouldn’t have sounded real enough to be believable.
It’s amazing how simple something like this can be and still be effective.
Machine learning is not that necessary for this use case 😉