Every company has employees they can’t afford to lose. Outstanding. People joking about cloning. Well, that joke may come down to us one day as the artificial intelligence boom accelerates. And digital clones, aka avatars, pose many ethical questions and opportunities in the worlds of business, economics, science, and art.
Avatar could very well be the next big thing. AI Various industries are turning to this space to increase productivity, reduce costs, and streamline operations such as training, customer support, sales, and communications. Investors are taking notice, with VC money pouring into what is predicted to be a $527 billion industry by the end of 2020. London-based synthetic media platform Synthesia is one of his leaders, raising $50 million for more than 15,000 of his companies, including McDonald’s, Accenture and the UK’s National Health Service. developed a “human” avatar.
According to a Synthesia spokesperson, avatars can significantly improve efficiency within an organization and can be used to replace documents and presentations with more engaging videos. At a cost of about $1,000 per avatar, the London-based company has also created a synthetic David Beckham copy of the former soccer player who can speak nine languages.
Google-backed runway and deep voodoopopular for its special effects. kendrick lamar The music video also features an AI-powered human avatar. Given the speed of technological progress and the near-total lack of regulation and ethical guidelines, there is a potentially darker side. At risk of becoming “deepfake” machines, such platforms already have a disturbing history of publishing propaganda and outright lies without accountability. Sinceresia said it tightened its controls this year after one of its avatars was involved in spreading misinformation.
Avatar could very well be the next big thing. AI Various industries are turning to this space to increase productivity, reduce costs, and streamline operations such as training, customer support, sales, and communications. Investors are taking notice, with VC money pouring into what is predicted to be a $527 billion industry by the end of 2020. London-based synthetic media platform Synthesia is one of his leaders, raising $50 million for more than 15,000 of his companies, including McDonald’s, Accenture and the UK’s National Health Service. developed a “human” avatar.
According to a Synthesia spokesperson, avatars can significantly improve efficiency within an organization and can be used to replace documents and presentations with more engaging videos. At a cost of about $1,000 per avatar, the London-based company has also created a synthetic David Beckham copy of the former soccer player who can speak nine languages.
Google-backed runway and deep voodoopopular for its special effects. kendrick lamar The music video also features an AI-powered human avatar. Given the speed of technological progress and the near-total lack of regulation and ethical guidelines, there is a potentially darker side. At risk of becoming “deepfake” machines, such platforms already have a disturbing history of publishing propaganda and outright lies without accountability. Sinceresia said it tightened its controls this year after one of its avatars was involved in spreading misinformation.
