{"id":597748,"date":"2023-01-15T05:49:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T11:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/15\/ai-tom-hanks-didnt-offer-me-a-job-but-it-sure-sounds-like-he-did\/"},"modified":"2023-01-15T05:49:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T11:49:35","slug":"ai-tom-hanks-didnt-offer-me-a-job-but-it-sure-sounds-like-he-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/15\/ai-tom-hanks-didnt-offer-me-a-job-but-it-sure-sounds-like-he-did\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Tom Hanks didn\u2019t offer me a job, but it sure sounds like he did"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<svg viewBox=\"0 0 0 0\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"none\" style=\"visibility: hidden; position: absolute; left: -9999px; overflow: hidden;\"><defs><filter id=\"wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><feColorMatrix color-interpolation-filters=\"sRGB\" type=\"matrix\" values=\" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 \" \/><feComponentTransfer color-interpolation-filters=\"sRGB\"><feFuncR type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0 0.49803921568627\" \/><feFuncG type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0 0.49803921568627\" \/><feFuncB type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0 0.49803921568627\" \/><feFuncA type=\"table\" tableValues=\"1 1\" \/><\/feComponentTransfer><feComposite in2=\"SourceGraphic\" operator=\"in\" \/><\/filter><\/defs><\/svg><svg viewBox=\"0 0 0 0\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"none\" style=\"visibility: hidden; 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position: absolute; left: -9999px; overflow: hidden;\"><defs><filter id=\"wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><feColorMatrix color-interpolation-filters=\"sRGB\" type=\"matrix\" values=\" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 \" \/><feComponentTransfer color-interpolation-filters=\"sRGB\"><feFuncR type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0.098039215686275 1\" \/><feFuncG type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0 0.66274509803922\" \/><feFuncB type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0.84705882352941 0.41960784313725\" \/><feFuncA type=\"table\" tableValues=\"1 1\" \/><\/feComponentTransfer><feComposite in2=\"SourceGraphic\" operator=\"in\" \/><\/filter><\/defs><\/svg><\/p>\n<div id=\"page\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/#primary\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<main id=\"primary\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1473072\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3302555334_fake_AI_trying_to_impersonate_someone_else__looking_in_a_mirror_4k-CMS-primary-3.png?w=1024\" alt=\"Human looks into robot in mirror\" data-hero  ><\/p>\n<p><span>Image: Mark Hachman \/ IDG via Dreamstudio.ai<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"link_wrapped_content\">\n<body><\/p>\n<p>Tom Hanks didn\u2019t just call me to pitch me a part, but it sure sounds like it.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since PCWorld began covering the rise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/788422\/how-to-get-started-with-ai-art-dall-e-mini-ai-dungeon-and-more.html\">various AI applications like AI art<\/a>, I\u2019ve been poking around in the code repositories in GitHub and links within Reddit, where people will post tweaks to their own AI models for various approaches. <\/p>\n<p>Some of these models actually end up on commercial sites, which either roll their own algorithms or adapt others that have published as open source. A great example of an existing AI audio site is , which offers literally hundreds of preprogrammed models. Enter the text in the text field and you can have a virtual Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Peggy Hill, Daffy Duck, Alex Trebek, Beavis, The Joker, or even Siri read out your pre-programmed lines.<\/p>\n<p>We uploaded a fake Bill Clinton praising PCWorld last year and the model already sounds pretty good.<\/p>\n<figure> (with live examples) of a synthesized voice that requires just a few seconds of source audio to generate a fully programmable voice.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, AI researchers and other AI groupies wanted to know if the Vall-E model had been released to the public yet. The answer is no, though you can play with another model if you wish, called Tortoise. (The author notes that it\u2019s called Tortoise because it\u2019s slow, which it is, but it works.)<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"train-your-own-ai-voice-with-tortoise\">Train your own AI voice with Tortoise<\/h2>\n<p>What makes Tortoise interesting is that you can train the model on whatever voice you choose simply by uploading a few audio clips.  The  notes that you should have a few clips of about a dozen seconds or so. You\u2019ll need to save them as a .WAV file with a specific quality.<\/p>\n<p>How does it all work? Through a public utility that you might not be aware of: . Essentially, Collab is a cloud service that Google provides that allows access to a Python server. The code that you (or someone else) writes can be stored as a notebook, which can be shared with users who have a generic Google account. The .<\/p>\n<p>The interface looks intimidating, but it\u2019s not that bad. You\u2019ll need to be logged in as a Google user and then you\u2019ll need to click \u201cConnect\u201d in the upper-right-hand corner. A word of warning. While this Colab doesn\u2019t download anything to your Google Drive, other Colabs might. (The audio files this generates, though, are stored in the browser but can be downloaded to your PC.) Be aware that you\u2019re running code that someone else has written. You may receive error messages either because of bad inputs or because Google has a hiccup on the back end such as not having an available GPU. It\u2019s all a bit experimental. <\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/b2c-contenthub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Google-Collab.png?w=1200\" alt=\"Google Collab Tortoise\" width=\"1200\" height=\"766\"><figcaption>The Tortoise Collab. Click the \u201cConnect\u201d button to get started, then click  the small \u201cplay\u201d icon next to each block of code in turn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Each block of code has a small \u201cplay\u201d icon that appears if you hover your mouse over it. You\u2019ll need to click \u201cplay\u201d on each block of code to run it, waiting for each block to execute before you run the next.<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019re not going to step through detailed instructions on all of the features, just be aware that the red text is user modifiable, such as the suggested text that you want the model to speak.  About seven blocks down, you\u2019ll have the option of training the model. You\u2019ll need to name the model, then upload the audio files. When that completes, select the new audio model in the fourth block, run the code, then configure the text in the third block. Run <em>that<\/em> code block.<\/p>\n<p>If everything goes as planned, you\u2019ll have a small audio output of your sample voice. Does it work? Well, I did a quick-and-dirty voice model of my colleague Gordon Mah Ung, whose work appears on our  as well as various videos. I uploaded a several-minute sample rather than the short snippets, just to see if it would work.<\/p>\n<p>The result? Well, it <em>sounds<\/em> lifelike, but not like Gordon at all. He\u2019s certainly safe from digital impersonation for now. (This is not an endorsement of any fast-food chain, either.)<\/p>\n<figure><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/b2c-contenthub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gordon-Taco-Bell-2.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<p>But an existing model that the Tortoise author trained on actor Tom Hanks sounds pretty good. This is not Tom Hanks speaking here! Tom also did <em>not<\/em> offer me a job, but it was enough to fool at least one of my friends.<\/p>\n<figure><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/b2c-contenthub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tom-VM-1.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<p>The conclusion? It\u2019s a little scary: the age of believing what we hear (and soon see) is ending. Or it already has.<\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/div>\n<div data-ga=\"article-footer-author\">\n<h3>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/author\/mhachman\" rel=\"author\"><br \/>\n\t\tAuthor: Mark Hachman<\/a>, Senior Editor\t\t<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/author_photo_Mark-Hachman_1632347568-38.jpeg?quality=50&#038;strip=all&#038;w=116&#038;h=116&#038;crop=1\" height=\"125\" width=\"125\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As PCWorld&#8217;s senior editor, Mark focuses on Microsoft news and chip technology, among other beats. 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