New Amazon Alexa feature will creepily mimic dead loved one's voices

[lcganlerman]

It's like an episode of "Black Mirror" https://t.co/sPQMbiQgeC
- Mashable (@mashable) June 23, 2022

Wednesday, at Amazon's conference re:MARS (machine learning, automation, robotics, and space) Rohit Prasad, SVP and head scientist of Alexa AI announced Alexa's new supernatural talent: the ability to mimic someone's voice using less than a minute of

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[numbedtoe]

I don't trust it and won't trust it because of who's behind it. All arguments for me on how much it might help someone who is grieving, is entirely lost when you view it as exploitation of the grieving for company research motives and profit margins. That's without the fact that you know more than a few stalkers will give it a try.

I can't believe we're handing over our dead to the tech companies. Makes sense when you realize legal protections end at death, but I still think it's ghoulish as hell.

[gloeden2]

Thank. You.
This shit is terrifying and psychotic.

[fraises]

Yep. I totally agree with this comment, very well said.

[gillenvillain]

This scares me. Period.

Or it being used for nefarious purposes. Suddenly on the news you hear, let's say, a politicians voice saying something, that isn't really them, or something to that effect.

The fucking thing is creepy as hell. And I don't trust tech companies as far as I can throw them.

[my_moloko]

Exactly. Basically allowing a panopticon into your home with added emotional manipulation of people who are grieving. So fucked up. And so many things could go wrong.

[evilfirepixie8]

BIG THIS. It's all fun and games until a scammer has hacked your Alexa, stolen the sound files, and you get a direct phone call with your dead relatives's voice on the other end of the line.

Nooooooo thank you.

[awkward_as_heck]

So much this.

Governments (not that I necessarily trust them either) are really sleeping on all the ways big tech is invading our lives. We need regulation on these things, yesterday.