A feature in the works would allow Amazon's Alexa to read in a deceased person''s voice based on a short recording. 'While AI can't eliminate that pain of loss, it can definitely make their memories last,' head Alexa scientist Rohit Prasad said.
The feature is still in development, and Amazon would not say when it might publicly launch, but its preview comes at a moment when the cutting-edge capabilities of artificial intelligence are under close scrutiny.
In particular, debate among researchers has sharpened about what is known as deepfakes — video or audio that is rendered with AI to make it appear as if someone did or said something that never happened.for arguing the company's sophisticated chatbot communicated as if it was sentient, a claim that did not have the support of the AI research community but nonetheless underscored the freakishly human-like communication skills of the software.
"As creepy as it might sound, it's a good reminder that we can't trust our own ears in this day and age," Kambhampati said."But the sooner we get used to this concept, which is still strange to us right now, the better we will be." Kambhampati said the Alexa feature has the potential to aid a bereft family member, though it has to be weighed against a variety of moral questions the technology presents.
"For people in grieving, this might actually help in the same way we look back and watch videos of the departed," he said."But it comes with serious ethical issues, like is it OK to do this without the deceased person's consent?"Bobby Allyn is a business reporter at NPR based in San Francisco. He covers technology and how Silicon Valley's largest companies are transforming how we live and reshaping society.
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