"Black Mirror" is in reality?AI can imitate the voice of the dead loved ones to "talk" with you: creepy

In the British TV series "Black Mirror" episodes "Be Right Back", the female lead was difficult to endure the pain of her boyfriend's death in a car accident, and then communicated with her boyfriend through the synthetic sound, and then used artificial intelligence cloned to her dead boyfriend. Essence With the renewal iteration of technology products, this science fiction scene seems to be limited to the screen.

▲ It is reported that Amazon is developing a new feature that enables Alexa voice assistant to imitate the voice of the late family

According to reports, Amazon artificial intelligence assistant Alexa will provide a new feature of "let memory last", and users can "talk" with the dead family. Alexa's chief scientist Rocyt Plazad said that the one -minute audio entered system containing the sound of the deceased, artificial intelligence assistant can use the recording to imitate and build sounds, and complete daily exchanges with users.

"There is no doubt that we live in the golden age of artificial intelligence. Our dreams and science fiction novels are becoming a reality." Plasad said.

Amazon announced this new sound imitation function on the 22nd, and announced that a child ordered Alexa: "Alexa, can grandma help me read" Green Wild Fairy "?" So, Alexa played the sound of grandma reading fairy tales. Essence In the announcement, Amazon emphasized that Alexa's role as the late loved ones will not "eliminate the pain of losing (them)." However, the company said that because many families lost their loved ones during the epidemic, the function could help people better remember their loved ones.

This function is reportedly developed. Amazon has not announced when this new feature is launched or will it be completely open to the public. Some critics are not optimistic about this cutting -edge technology. Some netizens directly commented on social media that this function is "creepy", "pathological", and "to make" lasting memory 'is actually endless digital replica ".

In addition, cyber security experts also warned that cyber criminals can even create deeply falsifying or other misleading audio through a small number of voice samples, thereby a large amount of fraud, data and account loss.

Subaran Cambapi, a professor of computer science at Arizona University, said that the public should be vigilant about this synthetic voice. "This reminds us that in this era, we can't believe our ears." Kanbapati said. "The sooner we are used to this concept that is still unfamiliar to us, the better we will (to deal with the problem)."

▲ Korean mother "reunion" with her daughter through VR technology

In terms of trying to get "connect" with relatives, Amazon Smart Assistant Alexa is not the first case. According to reports, in February 2020, South Korean MBC TV documentary "Meeting You" tells that a Korean mother "reunion" with her daughter who died of leukemia three years ago through VR technology. The technical team reproduced the last farewell of mothers and daughters through photography measurement, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality, so that the public believes that such technologies can help people get out of sadness.

Red Star News reporter Ding Wen

Edit Guo Yu

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