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I'm fascinated by the possibilities that synthesizers and AI brings to gaming, machinima (narrative videos using game engines), streaming and similar.

In this video I'm testing xVAsynth to generate new voice-over lines for "V", the main character from Cyberpunk 2077. The voice model is downloaded from the net, but the lines are generated locally.

I'm absolutely stunned by the level of imitation the synthesizers are at - And keep in mind that this is "outdated" software.

Now before y'all throw pitchforks at me for a number of simplifications I made here, I did so with intent so let me break them down real quick.

1. Threads is not yet federated. The whole discussion of should or shouldn't we federate with the zucks is not the subject of this piece. Rather, it's that many of us came to Lemmy to escape much of what is on commercial social media in the first place. I found this post ironic in that sense which is why I made it.
2. Digital pollution is a catch all for data pollution, generative spam, devaluation of digital media, link rot, algorithmic monotony and climate change caused by mining + generative tech. I really didn't want to get into the nitty gritty of the internet's zombification with this comic so that's the phrase I went with.
3. Antithetical is a bit extreme of a statement but I do not believe that you can have artificial scarcity if generative tech exists. There will inevitably be a few cryptobros that really hate this take but oh w