Dave Spector

I’ve been in this business, writing software professionally, since I started my first software business at 16 in high school on an Apple ][. That’s 45 fucking years. It would never occur to me to steal other people’s code, let alone their likenesses, voices, or art.

Just eject these thieving “AI” companies into the sun. These people, and the VCs that fund them, are a cancer on the software industry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/technology/ai-voice-clone-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tE0.1KUx.2vYNvYuSXMmW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Voice Actors Sue Company Whose AI Sounds Like Them

Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission. Now they’re suing. The company denies it did anything wrong.

The New York Times
May 19, 2024 at 5:04amIvory for iOS
Show threadAI6YR BenMay 19, 2024
@Dhmspector Underhanded way of obtaining voice samples, too... Insanity.
Show threadDave SpectorMay 19, 2024
@ai6yr yup …and these very same people/companies demand copyright, trademark, and patent protection for the new derivative works they create with the intellectual property they steal from others.
Show threadCykonotMay 19, 2024
@Dhmspector
Show threadprozacchiwawaMay 19, 2024
@cykonot @Dhmspector Information laundering is the money laundering of this century.
Show threadDave SpectorMay 19, 2024
@prozacchiwawa @cykonot 💯.
Show threadBauke KramerMay 19, 2024
@Dhmspector
It's quite late to implement it now. But a general ban on AI in public spaces wouldn't be a bad idea. Just against misleading the public.
It is creepy that even public broadcasters in the Netherlands are now experimenting with news topics presented by fake AI newsreaders.
Show threadHikarii @ BART MART 3/26May 19, 2024
@Dhmspector bro the part where Lovo claims the voice actors they sample from can get a cut from the AI clone bot wtf direct hiring would help them loads more LMAO A CUT??
Show threadDave SpectorMay 19, 2024
@Hika right? Of course this is more entitled techbro BS. You or I did this at even the smallest scale and we’d get a “friendly” visit from the FBI.