Feb 252020
A computer generated voice does a *kinda* passable job of sounding like JFK reading an expletive-laden bit of ridiculousness. It is far from perfect, but it’s not *too* bad. I suspect people who know what they’re doing could link this to a deepfake system to perfect the lip synching to replace not just the face but the voices of actors – or politicians – in videos.
I expect that unless the coronavirus takes me or civilization out, I’ll live long enough to hear about how the courts no longer consider video evidence to be usable.
A somewhat less convincing bit of fake audio, Arnold Schwarzenegger reading the Gettysburg Address:
And here’s one that is altogether too appropriate… Comrade Bernie reading the Communist Manifesto: