With the constant stream of news I would suppose it’s handy to have some virtual anchor available 24/24 and that you can start in a matter of minutes.
It’s cynical of course but I kind of get the idea.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Having artificially generated news anchors seems so bizarre to me.
It’s one person that in a country like china will be seen by tens or hundreds of millions of people. Is it really worth it to axe that job and put some uncanny valley CGI figure in their place? The per viewer cost saving must be fractions of a penny.
Now, if initiatives like this can be used for things like generating a figure that can do sign language in the corner of a screen that would be an amazing development, but this? I just don’t see it.
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 1 week ago
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The AI anchor will never die, grow old, or grow a conscience. It can remain the perfect propaganda operative, A/B test in real time, etc, forever.
t_berium@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s about control.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I love this reasoning. Perfectly agree. Must be so unnecessary for large stations. Although I guess this does open up for smaller broadcasters to open news rooms.
But yeah, it would sure put me off. I wasn’t to see a human speaking to me.
deafboy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The per viewer cost saving must be fractions of a penny.
For a national television, sure. For the hundreds of thousands of small influencers seeing this free advertisement on TV, it would be a major cost saving.
Imagine all the ladies from the tiktok mills not having to make funny faces on camera for hours at a time anymore.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 week ago
What wouldn’t you save a fraction of a penny if you could? Out of compassion for a fellow human? That’s insane.