I see lots of comments wondering what the use-cases for this technology are. It is scary, and it can and will be abused. However, there are a lot of genuine applications. We may or may not like these applications, but they are going to happen. Here are a few, just off the top of my head:
- Advertising. Where I am, there is a pervasive commercial with (very realistic) talking goats. Why not do the same thing with people? No need for actors, when you can just tell the computer what you want.
- Cinema and television. Especially for bit parts and extras, just create the characters, instead of rounding up a bunch of extras.
- Video games and alternate realities. They've been getting more and more realistic - this is just the next step.
- Pornography. Again, why trouble yourself with real actors? Sell premium videos customized to each customer.
- Politics. Give "live" speeches in different venues, without all the bother of travelling. It's a very small step to answering questions live - just train up an LLM with the responses you want it to give.
Lots more applications as well - those are just a few that come to mind.
- Advertising. Where I am, there is a pervasive commercial with (very realistic) talking goats. Why not do the same thing with people? No need for actors, when you can just tell the computer what you want.
- Cinema and television. Especially for bit parts and extras, just create the characters, instead of rounding up a bunch of extras.
- Video games and alternate realities. They've been getting more and more realistic - this is just the next step.
- Pornography. Again, why trouble yourself with real actors? Sell premium videos customized to each customer.
- Politics. Give "live" speeches in different venues, without all the bother of travelling. It's a very small step to answering questions live - just train up an LLM with the responses you want it to give.
Lots more applications as well - those are just a few that come to mind.