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Chinese News Agency Adds AI Anchors To Its Broadcast Team (engadget.com)
Two AI anchors are joining China's state-run news agency Xinhua. "The two anchors, one that speaks in English and another in Chinese, have the likeness of some of Xinhua's human anchors, but their voices, facial expressions and mouth movements are synthesized and animated using deep learning techniques," reports Engadget. From the report: "AI anchors have officially become members of the Xinhua News Agency reporting team," the agency said. "They will work with other anchors to bring you authoritative, timely and accurate news information in both Chinese and English." China's South China Morning Post reports that the AI anchors are available through Xinhua's English and Chinese apps, its TV webpage and its WeChat public account. The technology behind the anchors is being provided by search engine company Sogou.
Xinhua says its AI anchors can deliver the news with the "same effect" as that of human reporters. But if you watch the video, that isn't exactly true. It's pretty clear you're watching a non-human anchor as the mouth movements and facial expressions aren't quite human-like, and the voice can come off as a little robotic.
Xinhua says its AI anchors can deliver the news with the "same effect" as that of human reporters. But if you watch the video, that isn't exactly true. It's pretty clear you're watching a non-human anchor as the mouth movements and facial expressions aren't quite human-like, and the voice can come off as a little robotic.
Policenauts soon.
Here's today's broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69v6SVoE9k
Maybe it's realistic if you are also a chinese bugperson.
We had Ulala v-jaying in the late 90s.
Spaaaaaaace Channel 5!
At first I was against this. But then I realized it wouldn't change anything. It's not like the news can become less honest. I contemplated the matter for a little longer, and I realized that shills will soon be out of jobs. Also anything that reduces the amount of emotional labor in the world is a good thing. So now I'm in favor of this.
MSNBC is also thinking about suing they did this on "The Site" back in the 90s with their animated anchor Dev Null
Just AI the whole damn thing, why not?
When we communicate, we pick up a lot of information about the other person through body language, including, to some extent, whether they're comfortable with what they're saying. Not today or tomorrow, but in the not-too-distant future, I suspect it will be possible to analyze video of a person (like a news reader) and determine with a reasonable degree of accuracy whether they actually believe what they're telling you.
Of course, if your only source of information is a glorified cartoon whose every word, gesture and twitch is controlled by its owner, you can be lied to on a level that surely has totalitarians drooling like a hungry dog at a barbecue.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
This looks like Ray Kurzweil.
And the caption matches his extended biography.
Fake news!
If these creations can deliver the news in a less maudlin, hand-wringing, emotional manner than what has become the style for human news anchors it'll be a step forward.
If it's Kizuna AI, I don't care, I'm watching it.
If the universe is someone's simulation -- does that mean the stars are just stuck pixels?
You know what they say, practice makes perfect and it is not about a couple of pure propaganda news readers but hundreds of pure propaganda news readers all telling you the government is right and you are wrong but you know what, I don't believe the shit coming out of people reading the news, even what were reliable sources like the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which has taken a decided propagandistic slant that favours off all things the bullshit US establishment, obviously eaves dropping on politicians and their shady deals paid off (in the short term) for the US deep state but there will be a deep price to pay (killing Australians for US greed games will have long term repercussions, closest ally is now lip service, allies do not betray each other). So AI or human quisling, the people have stopped listening and are talking to each other, directly.
Chaos - everything, everywhere, everywhen
You vastly overestimate your abilities to tell if someone is telling the truth or not, in-fact the most consistent factor in whether to believe someone is if you agree with their message. This is why it is so much easier to convince people of conspiracy theories than to get them to change their minds using facts
See subject & I don't: I see our kids (no experience/wisdom - easily manipulated) in the USA being told "you're not a boy, you're a girl" & vice-a-versa - WTF?
Sorry but I knew what I was then but perhaps not ALL do (or are strong-willed enough in their own personal convictions to "overturn 'experts'" (fucking WANNABES & weirdos themselves attempting to subvert what's RIGHT since they are ALL F'ing WRONG & they KNOW it)).
I also do NOT like seeing "violence is bad" & some YOUNG DUDE being F'd over in highschool for being in a fistfight (not that bad, not many then have the power to kill unless an athlete or naturally powerful (& guys like that who have SENSE won't throw their life out over some shitbrain WEEZIL 'spreading rumors' (the weapon of the WHIMP - always backfires, I know - happened to me here on /. & I win as always vs. that bs)).
VIOLENCE is the ULTIMATE DIPLOMAT & DETERRENT vs. 'weezils' especially so no more stupidity occurs (since they don't UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ELSE - except a punch in the head or worse).
Do I like VIOLENCE?
NO! I always, Always ALWAYS hated RESORTING to it - but, it works (ask government around the world for an "expert" opinion). It's ALWAYS a last resort w/ those who do NOT respect logic, reason & mercy.
When those that you speak to don't understand THAT language? OUT comes the fist/gun so they DO understand (as it is the language they themselves speak e.g. ANTIFA punks).
In fact having largely existed in it (not all of my life but in the midpoint to NOW)?
I absolutely HATE it - why? Ever pop someone, see them knocked out wondering "I just killed him, my life's gone" - no joke but it has proven to be an ally in my life (in a hellhole GHETTO that oddly? I returned to DECADES later)...
HOWEVER, it IS necessary to USE (not abuse & to STOP MORE OF IT, hence WHY LAW has GUNS behind it - seems to work, right?) & they try say "no violence" yet make WARS for THEIR ends? F that.
APK
P.S.=> See subject people (those of you that are NORMAL human beings, not TWISTED ABNORMAL FUCKING WEIRDOS with an agenda of HATE (the TRUE haters, mainly of their INFERIOR F'd up SELVES & those who aren't as CURSED as they are & yes - they KNOW it about themselves (self-caused FAILS)) .
So again so it SINKS IN- do YOU like what you SEE? I don't! Why? Simple:
Point-Blank: You can't cater to freaks w/ a LIFELONG CHIP on their shoulder because they are REJECTS & not necessarily their own fault, but fate @ times, others not!
(That type tends to misinterpret mercy as weakness but they SURELY do not MISINTERPRET being BEATEN DOWN (they're the 1st to abuse that in fact but it always backfires on them - witness ANTIFA, I rest my case))
F them, & instead? Hey - you take care of the NORMAL majority the REST takes care of itself (wanna be a freak loser instead? You lose)... apk
...humans.
It sounds like a joke, but it's very representative of Chinese mentality.
I suspect it will be possible to analyze video of a person (like a news reader) and determine with a reasonable degree of accuracy whether they actually believe what they're telling you.
If the "tell" can be detected, then it can be eliminated. Just feed it back into a GAN until it looks truthful.
GAN = Generative Adversarial Network
You should learn to read more carefully. I specifically did not say "telling the truth", and that's for a reason. Israeli intelligence already has a voice stress analyzer that's pretty good at picking up on lies. I mentioned something quite different: whether or not a news reader is comfortable with what they're telling you. And I can stand by that with plenty of evidence on my side to back me up.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
As a Canadian, I certainly see where you're coming from on this.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
Heres some feedback to help penetrate the American market:
FTFY. Please don't confuse these two things. You shouldn't confuse my mind might hold, as an individual American, with whatever by GOP/Democrat overlords might pronounce. At least I have two sets of corrupt overlords I can refuse to vote for. And, what's more, I can publicly proclaim a pox on both their houses, at least until they stop aiding and abetting the starvation of Yemeni women and children. Vastly more so you shouldn't confuse Chinese with CCP.
But much FACTS(tm)(r)(c)!!!!!!1!!1!!!
A propagandist speaking in the name of Science (tm) told me so, so it must be true!
The DTV broadcast stations in Yakima, WA use female AI anchors with huge breasts and exposed cleavage in the early morning and late night news broadcasts. The intent behind the usage of female AIs is to draw stalkers out of the woodwork, without placing the lives of real female LEA decoys in jeopardy.
More proof the robot takeover has already begun.
Emperor Xi is an AI. No one has ever met him in person. All the photos and videos of Xi "meeting" other leaders are deep fakes. He is directly connected to China's mass surveillance and Social Credit Score systems. He neither sleeps nor rests - he is always watching.
Xi's neural net was trained on the whole corpus of classical Chinese literature. His primary goal is to ensure the Middle Kingdom remains the center of the world. He appears to be heavily influenced by the book of ancient proto-totalitarian Lord Shang:
"If the people have unity of purpose for 10 years, the state will be strong for 100 years. If the people have unity of purpose for 100 years, the state will be strong for 1000 years. Surely a state that is strong for 1000 years will attain supremacy."
Here's a screen shot from today's broadcast on Twitter Images:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dr...
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Let me guess: you only listen to reputable sources like some guy on YouTube
... in that it doesn't really matter what the method of delivery is.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
Does no one recall Max Headroom?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
I don't think they would get human news readers that were noticeably uncomfortable, so shouldn't make a difference anyway.
A psychological term, "affect" means "A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs." (Wiktionary) Getting machines to show (or mimic) affect is what is needed to make them seem human.
What? No, not every thing is relative, or immoral, or valid. Sometimes people are just wrong.
Easier to program a machine to spread your propaganda and outright lies than it is for untrustworthy and unreliable humans to do it.
They betray what their fondest wish is: for all human subjects to be like robots.
' It's pretty clear you're watching a non-human anchor'
So it's like Hannity?
You can get AI anchor to spew propaganda and lies much easier than human anchor.
Unless the human anchor works for CNN.
...and this poses an interesting question. Was the piece of news written by AI or by a human ?
Groovy funky channel 27
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Boy, that came out of nowhere. A rant against ABC. That moment when you realize you're so far left that they look like Nazis to you. Yikes.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Watch the video - the 'AI' newsreaders are shite. They look like someone's mouth talking through a cardbaord mask with a mouth-hole cut out in it. Maybe that is what Chinese audiences are used to, I don't know....
Not sure if you are talking about these Chinese ones or the current US news readers.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
There is no AI.
There are only algorythms fuckfaces.
Fuck this CHINK propaganda. You're garbage /. Chink Tiananmen Square Tank garbage.
"Fox News" fought all the way to the US Supreme Court for the right to *knowingly* lie and still call itself a news channel. Of course the Court of Unlimited Money had no problem with Propaganda News lying to you. B-b-but CNN is the enemy of the people!
You live in a shithole country with no universal healthcare. Youre a fucking third-worlder compared to Yurop.
Google must have a big boner over this. They love bringing communist tyranny to America:
I'm sure it will be abused, but a benign use of this is for visual avatars for Alexa, Google assistant, Cortana, Siri, etc. You will probably be able to choose between visual likenesses to suit your personal tastes. It may not be this year, or the next, but someone is going to do it eventually. The tech seems "good enough" to deploy at this point. The only problem remaining to solve is that the big companies will want to keep the rendering cloud-based to keep the most valuable IP off consumer devices. 5G may make it more viable, at least in places where mobile data is unlimited.
Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
Over 1,000,000 dead Palestinians since 2001 cant be wrong.. GO JEWS!
A classic for the ages from Ananova's Quirkies section:
Zoo keeper mauled to death 'after defecating on tiger'
A young Chinese tiger keeper has been mauled to death after apparently trying to defecate on one of his big cats.
The 19-year-old appears to have climbed the railings of the Bengal tiger cage and pulled his trousers down.
Evidence at the scene of the death at the Jinan animal park included toilet paper, excrement and a trouser belt.
Zoo officials think Xu Xiaodong either slipped into the cage or was pulled in by one of the four angry tigers.
According to the South China Morning Post, the man told a co-worker he needed to go to the toilet but police were called when he failed to return.
They found his body lying on the ground surrounded by tigers. The teenager had reportedly been bitten in the neck and was covered in blood.
Police believe Xu climbed the wall of a partially constructed building used to raise the tigers to relieve himself. They said the smell probably caused the tigers to pounce.
You can see more stories about tigers and zoos on Ananova, or read our Animal attacks file. (emphasis mine)
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
It's a fucking CG puppet. Amazing. Well done.
See subject: W/ you STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts. You had "professional help" & don't know if you're a BOY or GIRL/MALE or FEMALE + them having turned you into a SPINELESS WHIMP (obviously so, you HIDE from me).
* You won't even stand up for yourself - I doubt you would for your own family.
APK
P.S.=> Grow up weezil... apk
Why pay talking head Journalist to read a CIA script? Why not just load the script right into a literal NPC.
It's all part of the plan to introduce content specifically tailored to the individual to "educate" them in areas their current thought processes are "aberrant". Mandatory hour of viewing daily until the Party trusts you. Imagine an echo chamber++++++ until you parrot their programming on demand.
We are starting to see technology were is not supposed to be. Just for the sake of tech.
Stop with that.
The next step is either:
Allowing me to choose my own preferred newsbot, or selecting the most reliable-seeming newsbot for my specific psychology using all the aggregated data from social media, web browsing, purchase history, and so on. Then this carefully crafted, targeted avatar can pay for itself by inserting ads right into the newscast.
This posting is provided 'AS IS' without warranty of any kind, implied or otherwise.
That's why organizations lie to the press secretary.
And within the past several days the government of China has cancelled numerous reporters' access to Hong Kong, including the appearance of an author there, all to bring Hong Kong more closely into China's totalitarian sphere of absolute censorship!
You mean GO ARABS who refused to accept those people into their own FAR LARGER territories for the express purpose of creating a persistent problem with Israel, which they fuel by providing weapons and propaganda, all to give the Arabs international leverage in "negotiation" with Israel which is really a stalling tactic until the Arabs get military superiority and then try to wipe Israel from the map.
Did you forget that MUSLIM ARABS are the ones that conducted numerous attacks against US embassies, ships, military bases for decades, and also danced in the streets celebrating the 9/11 attacks?
Call me back when all ONE BILLION of those are dead, when all the NAZIS and NEO-NAZIS who caused and celebrated millions of deaths and or alternatively claim it never happened, and then let's say GO JEWS and we can drink a Coca Cola. Well, just me - you'd be dead too. Nazi asshole.
And so the "arms race" begins.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.