Comment on Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks

Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  AI voices are not trained on books.

  The ethical issue there is more around cloning celebrities

  open.spotify.com/show/03fNX9EtXbfyVzR4z122Ir

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  • Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    but AI itself is

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    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not sure what you are trying to say here. AI itself is an equation.

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      • Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        AI models have been trained on copyright protected books illegally. Maybe the voice have not

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• Anomalocaris@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  isn’t the current law not recognising AI stuff for copyright?

  IE, downloading their audiobooks illegally is impossible are they are by default in the public domain.

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  • ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hmmm, you might have a case but maybe not.

    The US Copyright office currently does not recognize protections for AI-generated works, and for portions of complete works that are AI-generated. For example, if a comic has graphics generated by AI but a script written by people, the graphics and character likenesses, etc are not protected by copyright.

    For audiobooks, the original work and the accompanying recording are both protected by copyright. The audiobook is considered a derivative work, so it may still be protected based on the fact that the original work is rightfully protected by copyright.

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• I3lackshirts94@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This has actually got me thinking differently about AI all together.

  The best use for AI needs to be for the individual. I want MY ai to read books or research with or complete tasks for me.

  I don’t want another company to do it for me or monetize it or steal content with it.

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• pressanykeynow@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, yeah, you can. Whoever told you that you can’t, don’t believe them, they are probably being payed to say it. You could also pay for the book to support the author but most likely your money will not go to the author so don’t bother.

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• Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yep, copyright doesn’t apply to AI generated content.

  reuters.com/…/us-appeals-court-rejects-copyrights…

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  • Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How about I spin up an AI model that outputs a near 1:1 copy of the training data?

    Does that circumvent the copyright?

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    • Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Duno, probably to some extent, similarly to how remixes of music sometimes have to pay royalties to the source of the sample if it’s recognisable…

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  • Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    free AI read audiobooks coming up

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    • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      you couldn’t pay me to listen to an AI narrated book

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      • Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There’s just something about how repetitive thier cadence can be, and putting random infections and stresses on words where it doesn’t make sense.

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• desmosthenes@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I like your way of thinking

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