Alexa machine emulates Dead Relative voices
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Alexa is being developed in such a way that she can emulate voices- even deceased relatives. There's a time to let go I'd say. How do we all feel about the prospect of resurrecting conversations with the dead?
telmel I'm strange. I relate events to my late husband in private(lock me up lol)but I would be well phased if I ever got an answer lol.
MelissaLee1963 I suppose it is similar to the japanese hologram article we had a while back, i just dont connect technology with matters of the heart
telmel Nor you nor I T. I suppose we can all start to build an alternative existence in the Metaverse. That place where they have no legs lol. I may be a bit cheeky but I think I'll go with Pascal's Wager and stake my faith in an afterlife. One which I will inhabit only as/when and if .Then and only then will I speak to the many friends and family members who have wandered on ahead. Alexa perplexer lol
It might give so people comfort, like smells or photos can, personally I would not want It.
Howmuch I keep one of my late husband's jumpers and have a few photos of him scattered around the place but I would be spooked if I heard his voice. Mind you like me he was a musician so I still have old tapes of him playing and singing but I can choose a moment for them.Wouldn't want casual banter while I was doing the hoovering though lol.
Leannexxx My mum has a recorded phone message that she won't wipe cos the person died not long after leaving it.
MelissaLee1963 everyone is different it might bring some people peace I know when my mum died I kept phoning her mobile just to listen to her voicemail
Leannexxx I don't want her in my gaffe lol.Watched Sherwood the other day and saw what happened to someone in that.No telling.It's good.
I would love to hear the voices of family again, but I dislike this I feel it just gives me the creeps a bit
PhilipMarc Well we have holograms on tour so could do it that way. Live in you living room er dead room the family from beyond.
MelissaLee1963 imagine your father lecturing about a fact and going on and on it would be quite satisfying saying Alexa stop.
I personally wouldn't use that function, if I had one, which I don't. But I can understand that some people might find it comforting and would want to use it.
its comforting to hear like a recording of a loved one or a voicemail but hearing something like his with a loved ones voice would be a bit weird and un-natural, they never said those words and its just programmed words that dont have the same meaning.
wonderingsoul Like someone putting on your dead missus dress and peeking/speaking out of the cupboard lol.Yes weird is the word.
Sounds great for doing pranks but I'm not sure about the dead relatives voice. It wouldn't be their personality just their voice so would seem weird surely. It's not the same as a voicemail they left you.
I wonder if they got the idea from this episode of Black Mirror?
I find it disturbing how many things this thing can do i also dont feel comfortable with god knows how many of our appliances can see or hear us in the comfort of our own homes
matumkokehte123 It becomes increasingly intrusive but then I believe the internet was originally designed for surveillance anyway.
It’s a little…creepy. Not sure if use myself but I suppose if it is any good I’m sure it will bring some people a lot of comfort.
The worrying thing with these voice simulators and deep fakes is it’s open to be abused and used for a whole host of dodgy things
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