Joker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoAI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' timewww.mylondon.newsexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down11
arrow-up1582arrow-down1external-linkAI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' timewww.mylondon.newsJoker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoLenny isn’t AI; it’s just a collection of prerecorded messages.
minus-squareKillerTofu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoThe tool has existed. Frosting it as “ai” doesn’t make it really different.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 days agoAI makes it different because this is likely dynamically synthesized speech that sounds real. Previous TTS engines wouldn’t have sounded real enough to be believable.
Lenny isn’t AI; it’s just a collection of prerecorded messages.
The tool has existed. Frosting it as “ai” doesn’t make it really different.
AI makes it different because this is likely dynamically synthesized speech that sounds real. Previous TTS engines wouldn’t have sounded real enough to be believable.