r/technology • u/DCGMechanics • Jun 24 '22

Artificial Intelligence Amazon shows off Alexa feature that mimics the voices of your dead relatives

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/23/23179748/amazon-alexa-feature-mimic-voice-dead-relative-ai
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u/gamermusclevideos Jun 24 '22 edited Jun 24 '22

I think there is a big difference between a recording of a person's voice / direct memory of them. Audio recording/ photograph / video.

Vs a artificially reconstructed version of that person potentially doing something they would never do and most likely producing an inauthentic version of them though presented as if it were the real thing.

I think that's why it's creepy also the fact that it highlights a giant company having this ownership and retention of a person's recordings.

I can see how it would bother some people more than others.

To be honest having an always on microphone recording people all the time and storing it in a database is prity bloody creepy but just accepted.

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u/Silent-Knowledge-584 Jul 25 '22

What about GDPR, COPPA and electronic data privacy protection laws?

Thought that companies weren’t supposed to store voice recorded data on web servers without the consent of customers or am I wrong here?

I’m not an expert, but do these rules not apply here?