I Made an AI Clone of Myself… and It’s Freakishly Good

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[@realdavidpain]

I was 20 minutes hoping, that in the last minute she would say "oh by the way, the whole video was me as an AI"...

[@abcmaya]

I was waiting for that too. LOL.

[@wildfuture.network]

You're pushing it 😅😅. This is not 2026 yet 🤣

[@opdd122]

she made me watch an ad

[@saradietschy]

:)

[@DenisDisdis25]

HAHAHAH RIGHT

[@nikoace2]

she made you watch an ad "twice"

[@mattashman4040]

lol me too!

[@eco5100]

😂😂it was a good plug

[@ak_hoops]

I can't lie, someone said the realest thing: I want AI to help me with my dishes and laundry so I have time to create art. Not have AI create my art so I have more time to do dishes and laundry. This all this made cool and insane, but all I can think is I don't want the humanity of everything to be removed from all that we do.

[@ThisIsTechToday]

THIS. EXACTLY!

[@thedudeabides1]

Exactly! Or drive my car through morning traffic so I can relax or work on interesting problems. I really don’t understand that our common goal and vast amount of work on ai capabilities is to replace us in doing art or in communicating with each other… wtf are we doing

[@MarcSpctr]

The truth is technology will ALWAYS, and ALWAYS, affect all parts of life. Be it just normal chores or professional work or art. it can never REPLACE A CREATIVE person. but it will ALWAYS REPLACE A SKILLED person. knowing how to use Illustrator or photoshop doesn't make you creative, it makes you skilled in that software knowing how to play an instrument again doesn't make you creative to make your own song, just makes you skilled to play that instrument. Similarly these AI tools are only going to replace the SKILLED people, it can never replace creative ones.

[@BrandonWestfall]

"This all this made cool and insane" Huh? Sounds written by AI.

[@Trespas]

Agree. I consider some content creation use cases to be similar to doing dishes and laundry. Like the examples that Sara gives in this video, which were essentially "filling in missing pieces" or correcting errors in the same style that the video was. It's saving time for creative people to do the actual "art" bit, not wasting time on fixes by setting everything up again and refilming small parts. Cool tools, but shouldn't flat out replace the human(ity) in content creation and creative work. Edit: Well, I clearly didn't watch the video fully before commenting. The end was pretty much what I said, so I'm just repeating obvious things :D

[@BeardedBaldy]

Damn, at this rate most "influencers" will just be AI by the end of the decade

[@drillerdev4624]

Hatsune Miku says hi

[@ux_arjun]

Content creation space will become highly competitive in a sea full of AI videos.

[@ricardoarchangel28]

The moment AI replaces KZbin videos hosts is the moment I create an AI version of myself watching the videos. But Ill get a daily summary of what my AI counterpart has watched and I'll teach it to dislike certain videos and unsubscribe from others if they talk about certain topics. Then I can get my AI counterpart to do my work and then I can spend time doing art or music.

[@arniespace]

Dam that's funny, I love it! I wonder how the advertisers would feel about all of our AI selves watching the videos.

[@VonUndZuCaesar]

People are already using ChatGPT to format bullet notes to a formal mail just so it will be transformed back on the other end.

[@Zone9Rock]

Perhaps the most brilliant comment I have seen in a month or more.

[@Squidbush8563]

@@arniespace I plan to create an AI that just watches ads for me. It captures them when they come in and watches them so I can skip them completely and get the content while the AI watches the ads.

[@JerryRigEverything]

Really cool video idea - that AI is creepy good.

[@ElectricityTaster]

Agent 47, we know your barcode. ACQUIESCE!

[@lostinsydney]

@@ElectricityTaster lol

[@AuthenTech]

im gonna call you sara "die-etch-y" from now on 🤣 16:46

[@xungnham1388]

Right now, that's my tell that a channel is using AI generated content, particularly voice over only channels. When it pronounces a word or reads an initialism in a way that I've never heard anyone else use, like if a channel reads HMMWV as "H-M-M-W-V" instead of "hum-vee" or WR as "W-R" instead of "wide receiver". It's shocking that channels are so lazy as to not double-check the output and correct the script.

[@RivenX3i]

This is WILD... I've recently been deep diving on midjourney and a few other apps for storyboarding, pitchdeck imagery, etc. I had no idea AI clones were this far along to the public. All of this stuff is improving so insanely fast. Dope video!

[@Briansopinion]

It intriques me to be able to leave a AI version behind when you pass away, train it to have conversations with left behind family members etc. I would love to talk to my mom or grand parents again

[@7duke77]

With all the "excitement" over AI, I do hope no one is forgetting about the dark side of all of this...

[@amayaperry]

Honesty. It’s really concerning me how easily people are accepting this without thinking of the dangers. There’s already problem of deep fakes of women and girls created to show them in an inappropriate light. I’m not with this no matter how much they try to push it

[@MrGreenAKAguci00]

Big music record labels are already collaborating heavily with music making AI. I will bet my ass that Hollywood is doing the same with video. Corporations care about profit margins, they don't care how stuff is made, if it can be cheaper, they will make it cheaper.

[@7duke77]

@@MrGreenAKAguci00 You sure said a mouthful there!

[@devethic]

@CenterforHumaneTechnology

[@BenjiSelby]

This is dope! The uses are pretty handy, like voice overs in a pinch and ngl the video clone could be clutch especially if you’re in an edit and need to redo a clip. But I think the authentic artist will use it as a tool rather than replace their whole creative workflow.

[@Patchy]

“Stay Peachy… OK 🐝🐝🐝🐝”

[@hubertbarton9426]

😂😂

[@JifferRiffic]

I actually have a idea. I could take your likeness and make a new channel and direct people to that channel saying this is my new channel and then I could have other celebrities on my channel/ your new channel and probably get millions of views on it in a week. Could be a cool test to run. I’m not gonna do it. But if you know other KZbinrs you guys should co op and work together to see if you could make it work

[@matt45540]

"Thats gotta be AI"-Me watching your hands the entire time like your signing

[@77kill-bill77]

Fun vid! One interesting idea would be to have a just less than ideal alter-ego character who pops in an out of a video; tries to take over at certain points ; insert themselves into the video for humor; that way the contrast becomes intentional and fun and creeps people out way less. That way one can introduce and delegate stuff in a less serious and a more tongue in cheek way😅😅

[@frenchpressfinance]

As a creator, are you not concerned with other people uploading audio from some of your videos, cloning your voice, and using it for bad purposes? As a financial advisor, I'm hyper-vigilant about my clients voices getting cloned by people trying to scam my clients and myself. It's cool tech, no doubt, but damned scary in some of its implications

[@sigma682]

All technologies can be used for nefarious purposes. The best thing to do is inform as many as possible.

[@saradietschy]

I canceled the voice verification authentication method for my bank last year when this first came on the scene :)

[@samphelps856]

Pro audio and technology technician here. The horse has bolted, so little audio is needed to do "fit for nefarious purposes" there's actually no point trying to clean out content history (your voice on the internet). Let me put it another way; if you have a giant field and keeping things in/out with a fence. Even a small part of the fence missing still let's things in and out and negates the rest of the fence.

[@wildwoodweddingfilms]

The wave is here. Do you want to ride it or do you want to get crushed by it?

[@DavidMussington]

Great topic. I think that it is worth focusing on authenticity - and protecting your brand from exploitation as well. Glad you are posting again.

[@VideoGameRoom32]

AI has gotten so good, it's scary. I still prefer to edit myself.

[@arnoldokwi]

Ok I do as well but I want to do it faster and AI give me both worlds

[@ourovox]

Hi, greetings from Mexico. I'm glad that a lot of the membres of criminal organizations in my country don't understand a word you're saying, because if they do, You don't have the slightest idea of all the monstrosities they would be doing to a lot of innocent people. When I hear you (and other content creators like you) smiling and commenting "how cool and awesome this toys are" I recall a lot of scenes of the movies I watched when I was a teenager (National Lampoon's Animal House, Porky's and similar when they jumped from a house's roof down to the pool only to have some fun). For you everything in your content calendar is is a way of not getting bored. You just pin point in the "awesomeness" of the apps, but what about the legal stuff in 06:10? "I hereby confirm that I have all the necessary rights or consents to upload and clone these voice samples and that I will not use the plattform-generated content for any illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose. I reafirm my obligation to abide by ElevenLabs' Terms of Service, Prohibited content and Uses policy and Privacy Policy." Is that all? Is it all the accountability that ElevenLabs is going to face if something goes very wrong?. I would like to see your friend's face in the very beginning of your video if you, instead of your voice, used his voice saying things that he wouldn't have liked to be known. You talk about how much time you're going to save, but that is part of the fun in making things! A lot of comments are saying that the IA shoul be doing the dishes, the laundry and the hard work, not removing humans from the human activities, I agree with that. I think you're a fine, fun and creative person, but you and all that "IA hype" content creators, in the way I see the things, are like little Oppenheimers shaking a bomb to see "what happens in honor to kill boredom". With all this breaches to personal security coming soon... "Que dios nos agarre confesados". Buen día.

[@TSGEnt]

16:44 ...Sara DI-Aechy"? Close. 😉 We'll see how far this can go.

[@FlyingJackalope]

These things can hit almost everything BUT the bullseye. Those are the scenarios where you have to cheat and start spelling things weird to get it to pronounce it the way you want.

[@Matthew.Brandon]

I think the success of AI implementation depends on the human using it. Hybrid creativity that allows us to focus on bigger things helps us all. But the tried and true adage of "Garbage in, Garbage out" is true even in this era. Think big.

[@kaliazzura]

My brain started to zone out at 3 mins. I think this application of AI clones has some very good uses, also some very evil ones... I also see a new tab appearing on the left side of YT's homepage saying "real human videos" so we can filter for those still because they will become more in demand as people get over this barrier that AI is putting between the human content creator and their audience.

[@AlliandWill]

We used this on a commercial project a few months back and it worked flawlessly for a section we needed to add in. Amazing tech. It's going to be wild what becomes possible in the next few years. Excited and scared haha

[@ThisIsTechToday]

Sara DiE ATE chy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KrisKamweru]

Me watching a squarespace ad twice all the way through was not on my January bingo card 😆 Thanks Sara DiEtchy!

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

If I'm watching someone sit there talking to the camera and I have the slightest inkling that it might be an AI.... I get the ick. And I usually stop watching.

[@mysterical-]

Same.

[@brisci]

This is a impressive A/B comparison, scary accurate. It prompted me to really focus on your voice and visual delivery. So much so I started noticed how often you say "right?". I guess it is the new version of "you know?".

[@saradietschy]

lol I noticed that in this video too. When I’m just flowing and not using a script for some reason I say right A LOT. Gonna work on that :)

[@themikegarrett]

​@@saradietschykeep saying it! It's the imperfections that let us know you're real.

[@codisilver]

For what concerns the training for videos maybe the best thing to do is doing it with a good green screen well lightened, so to be able to choose the background in post-production (changing the background of the video is something you might want to do, for example, in order to differentiate the subject of your videos). And perhaps another good idea could be to do two training sessions, one for full-body shots and one for half-body shots, and create the two versions of the video using AI. Subsequently, in the video editing program, you could overlay the two obtained clips on separate tracks, allowing you to decide in post-production when to change the framing.

[@nikostheater]

She can do it 3, 4 times from different angles and even standing and then the possibilities are impressive.

[@MarcioNovelli]

Can you please share your equipment list, lighting layout and colouring technique for your vlog setup? It looks SO warm and inviting!

[@darkkforest]

My rotten mind keeps saying "Playstation" during this entire video. 🥺

[@imValerium]

Obviously this kind of technology currently scares people, but humans are extremely good at adapting. Not long ago, we didn't have phones or the internet, and now they're completely normalized. All disruptive technologies are scary, and generally people reject them hard until they're phased in and then we tend to accept it and worry about what's next. I've always been pro-AI, as I see it as the next step in our advancement of our civilisation. AI makes driving significantly safer. AI replaces the need for human labour, which shouldn't be our standard of living like it currently is. AI speeds up research and development exponentially. AI unlocks so much creative potential. Yes, it might seem scary and too disruptive at the moment, but as I said, humans are incredible at adapting to our ever-changing world, and as we welcome this kind of technology in, rather than destroying the world and throwing us into some dystopian future like media suggests, we will simply continue to find more problems to solve; they'll just be more complex. Advancement is beautiful; it's just that change is notoriously scary, as it disrupts the reality we've become so comfortable with.

[@wheels9696]

This is TERRIFYING. In mere months, even the best internet detectives will have trouble discerning what is real and what isn't. And wait until an AI Agent just does this stuff on its own...

[@moonlitegram]

I definitely get a sense of dread watching stuff like this. But I take solace in the fact that humans are adaptable and are typically harder to fool in the long run. Sure, there are cases now and will continue to be some cases in which A.I. will be able to dupe people and pass off as the real thing. But even if it gets to the point where A.I. audio and video are completely indistinguishable from real audio and video, there's still the fact that humans can understand this and will quickly factor it into their overall judgement. So the most terrifying aspects that we can imagine coming from this likely will only have a short window where they can be truly effective and will become less and less effective over time in terms of fooling people. And the real consequence of all this is that the faith we place in audio and video will vastly decrease, and perhaps even vanish all together. And while that will definitely suck, its a far cry from complete chaos. I mean both audio and video content is extremely new in the grand scheme of human history. So even if it became completely worthless in a number of ways as a result of A.I. destroying the faith we can place in it, it won't be the end of the world. And if your fears have less to do with the erosion of trust we can place in audio and video files, and more to do with how A.I. will effect industries where live humans have to produce this content instead, that too shouldn't be as apocalyptic as it may seem. In the worst case scenario, where AI wipes out complete professions, take solace in the fact that many professions throughout human history have been annihilated by new technology before, and society hasn't collapsed. In fact, it usually progresses from an overall perspective. Additionally, if we compare it to something similar, like the use of CGI in films vs practical effects. We can see that audiences still value practical effects to such a degree that the film industry shifted from placing tons of emphasis on the kinds of computer effects they could achieve in the 80s and 90s when the technology was new, to now placing emphasis on the kind of practical effects they include in their films. And I suspect there will be similar oppotunities with A.I. Sure, there will be a lot of A.I. content. But humans will still value art made by other humans and that will be sought after, and thus still exist to one degree or another.

[@shonen84]

@@moonlitegramChatGPT is that you? 😅💀

[@moonlitegram]

@@shonen84 🤖🤷‍♂

[@clamhammer2463]

@@moonlitegram Yea the word "terrifying" is used SOO loosely nowadays. EVERYTHING is terrifying. They likely mean worrisome or some other synonym. I automatically thumb down any comment that uses it.

[@TheArtofRetouching]

Without a script, I need to edit until the cows come home. With a script it's tight, but comes off as dull and rigid. I only need a tiny me in the corner for tutorials, so yeah, this might actually work. Crazy the world we live in now. Thinking we live in a computer simulation has never made more sense. We are all just NPC's in the game Sims.

[@PaulJonesy]

I think the real market for this is commercial, long form material, corporate presentations and training material. As you say, the whole point of KZbin is human engagement.

[@matt-warren]

I like doing the eleven labs voice to voice translation for videos - lets you capture the focus, pauses and intonation changes but play different characters in a story. Rather than trying to be a voice actor - lets me record any accent, with any tone.

[@AnuragDeshpande]

I just hope these companies pushing out all these features also keep in mind the negative impacts it is going to have. Validating who you are before generating your avatar is definitely a step in the right direction. However, the barrier of entry is too low. And with very little effort, and more importantly investment, you are able to generate high quality video content at anytime. This almost eliminates the barrier of entry into content creation. It is definitely helpful for a lot of people. But at the same time, it gives KZbin algorithms tons of new content to shove on my feed. Or worse, promote false news, misinformation, misleading content

[@mikepujols]

AI Sara Die-etchy rhymes with sketchy 16:45

[@WhirlOmar]

I missed the days when Sara and her New York friends were vlogging together. Now it just seems very quiet, calm, family, and techy. I WISH THEY WOULD DO A REUNION

[@JohnWeland]

AI will NOT replace developers (programmers). In order for AI to replace me, a client/stakeholder would need to be able to clearly communicate their needs and wants. My job is safe

[@dunkan44]

Nah, they just need a pm that can communicate but doesn't need any actual programming skills.

[@gerardlead9321]

It’s good for a course

[@just_mdd4]

I'd love to clone my voice so that I could have my voice read my scripts to me without having to rerecord over and over again, then I'd make a final genuine voiceover for my videos knowing that the timing is absolutely correct. The only problem with that idea is the financial cost! ☠️ I did go about doing this with an application called NaturalReader, but it only allows 4000 characters or 5 minutes of audio on the free version, and that only clears a KZbin Shorts script, lol.

[@TerryDoesTech]

8:54 excuse me, WHAT?!

[@saradietschy]

RIGHT

[@ryanscullen]

That was still a bit uncanny valley. Skips in frame rate with hand motion, her lips during speech looked CG at times, but it's getting close... real close.

[@polyphony250]

AI doesn't quite know what to do with its hands yet, but to be fair, who does?

[@kristenperez8298]

AI is getting scarily good. A lot of time your hand gestures don't match your pacing for the AI clips, but if I didn't know it was AI i'm not sure I would notice. Also great video, instant sub!

[@ChrisMorton]

Sam Altman keeps it in the family. Ironically model collapse occurs when u mate an AI with its close relatives too many times, like Sam and his sister.

[@GEF6560AI]

Brilliant, Sara. Thanks for those insights. You speak at a good speed, not too fast, not slow. Well done.

[@zengrath]

Biggest problem will be people out there that anytime they don't like something they will claim it's AI. it's already happening to artists, their real work people are claiming AI even when it's not. Even out-side of video/photo's people even going to claim "fake news" anytime they don't like something and claim it's AI. Or when their favorite politician says something they don't like, it's AI. This is the real problem I have with AI is not so much what it will be used for, but that people who already deny everything including facts, science, data, and more will now have an excuse to never listen to factual information they don't like ever again.

[@mariaaafischer5247]

Soo cool, thank you for trying it and giving tips. I just tried last year a birthday wish for a friend from a singer and it worked after some tweaks fine…at the end I told her it is not real but I was amazed how good it already was. But now it got even more advanced. I hope you keep going. I don’t think you should exchange you with AI but I like to see what is possible.

[@hellohogo]

i'm beyond excited for AI. It takes vision and a little imagination to see how valuable it will be.

[@getkraken8064]

In creating movies, AI-generated backgrounds can be amazing to look at and far cheaper and possible than constructing the actual set or traveling to the distant filming location. They already do lots of it and don't mention it. Look into it, you might be surprised at how good AI movie creation is already, albeit still in infancy.

[@paulhiggins5165]

The problems start when we all move from the default mindset of 'most things I see online are probably real' to 'most things I see online are probably AI'- which may happen if too many people start using AI generated content. I have actually been accused of being an AI during a debate on Reddit about AI , but the interesting thing was that nothing I could say would really prove I was human- and You Tubers may soon have the same problem- you may not use AI for your public facing content, but how would you prove this if someone said you were? We could all soon be in the position of being unable to prove we are real people, which is kind of crazy. What I think is being overlooked here is that AI itself will change the environment in which AI operates. Sure, today, we all kind of assume that AI is a small part of the overall ecosystem of online content- but as more and more AI gets used in images, video, music, writing ect we will all be faced with the reality that more and more of what we see and hear online will be AI generated- which may impact even on those who choose not to use AI because it's going to be really difficult to prove onlne that you or the content you create are not AI generated. Facebook for some strange reason seems to think it's a good idea to populate their platform with fake AI people- and where they lead I guess others will follow, so we are fast heading for a world where real people and AI generated people become impossible to tell apart- what implications this has for the future of society are very hard to predict.

[@andremribeiro]

One good use of voice cloning would be to dub videos to another language using the same voice, maybe even use AI to change the movement of the lips to match the new language dub.

[@panomaniac5399]

Nice! I have made a voice clone of a voice over narration that we recorded 60 years ago, and it's still being used. Alas the narrator is no longer with us, so editing has been tricky when things need to change a bit. And of course no new content is possible. The AI clone will allow us to change a word or sentence here and there, with the narrators voice. Perfect.

[@thebrandfinger3357]

Your tips with the AI came right on point for my teaching projects and keep the real me for special moments and the clone for the training purposes. Thanks very much!!

[@bodendorfer]

@Sara-We are here for you! But this is cool, I personally love doing videos, but I hate doing podcasts. I could see AI helping with that as well as providing short video responses to clients.

[@OrinThomas]

HeyGen still hasn't figured out how to do hand gestures that don't make me look like a penguin who has had too much coffee. The best result I've got is just being relatively expressionless to camera.

[@davehagan]

I was totally waiting for you to tell us that the video of you was AI. Total inception mode!

[@sun-eye]

Plot Twist: The whole video was AI. Sarah was drinking margaritas at the beach the whole time.

[@insinfo2008]

"I definitely get a sense of dread watching stuff like this. But I take solace in the fact that humans are adaptable and are typically harder to fool in the long run. Sure, there are cases now and will continue to be some cases in which A.I. will be able to dupe people and pass off as the real thing. But even if it gets to the point where A.I. audio and video are completely indistinguishable from real audio and video, there's still the fact that humans can understand this and will quickly factor it into their overall judgement. So the most terrifying aspects that we can imagine coming from this likely will only have a short window where they can be truly effective and will become less and less effective over time in terms of fooling people. And the real consequence of all this is that the faith we place in audio and video will vastly decrease, and perhaps even vanish all together. And while that will definitely suck, its a far cry from complete chaos. I mean both audio and video content is extremely new in the grand scheme of human history. So even if it became completely worthless in a number of ways as a result of A.I. destroying the faith we can place in it, it won't be the end of the world. And if your fears have less to do with the erosion of trust we can place in audio and video files, and more to do with how A.I. will effect industries where live humans have to produce this content instead, that too shouldn't be as apocalyptic as it may seem. In the worst case scenario, where AI wipes out complete professions, take solace in the fact that many professions throughout human history have been annihilated by new technology before, and society hasn't collapsed. In fact, it usually progresses from an overall perspective. Additionally, if we compare it to something similar, like the use of CGI in films vs practical effects. We can see that audiences still value practical effects to such a degree that the film industry shifted from placing tons of emphasis on the kinds of computer effects they could achieve in the 80s and 90s when the technology was new, to now placing emphasis on the kind of practical effects they include in their films. And I suspect there will be similar oppotunities with A.I. Sure, there will be a lot of A.I. content. But humans will still value art made by other humans and that will be sought after, and thus still exist to one degree or another."

[@anth5189]

I won't go into how stupid it is to involve yourself with any technology that can replicate you. You will find yourself obsolete.

[@ResidentSkyview-kl3ns]

With all the criticism here, I just have to point out that we’ve been doing voice cloning way before this AI surge. We use it to help people for example who have ALS who we know are going to lose their voice in order to preserve it so that we can build it into a machine for them to communicate with when their voice is gone. 11 Labs was at the forefront of this and we trust them.

[@sdcraig]

Next time AI calls you ugly, let me know, and I'll have words with it!

[@sasharadojevic]

I expected you to say this video was almost entirely AI-generated.

[@seikojin]

The irony of doing an ad read via ai is not lost. LOL

[@zagabog]

Computing has always followed the rule Garbage In Garbage Out. AI has not changed that. You've proved the rule again. AI is great when used with care for an appropriate purpose.

[@InimicusSolitus]

"it's so cool and new, exciting!" . This slippery slope to terminators.

[@vectoralphaSec]

AI will disrupt everything. That isn't a bad thing entirely. Everything will change and it's probably for the best that we move away from the status quo.

[@HairyDalek]

U se for Ai voice cloning that I hadn’t considered until fairly recently is for people who may be in danger of losing their ability to speak. My mother in law has Motor Neurone Disease, and as a precaution against her losing her voice, she has recorded voice samples for a voice clone to be made, and she will be able to “speak” using her voice, and not a mechanically sounding one (think Stephen Hawking). So while AI cloning is scary, there is a very important side where people can preserve aspects of themselves now *just in case*.

[@rhekman]

Here's why I'm looking forward to the AI voice and video future -- when everything is fake and computer generated, I'll have no reason to waste so much time online and just go outside or in the workshop and do something real and analog.

[@greg_takacs]

I think that AI ad spot has crossed the uncanny valley and could have fooled me. Very impressive and it will only get better! The edit is obviously helping but it is still incredible!

[@SW-tech]

Wow, imagine how much money mainstream media can save when they replace all those talking heads!!!

[@nikostheater]

With a LIDAR scan, I think an AI video avatar will be completely indistinguishable from a real person. Scary.

[@DeeeBoyy]

It may be a good idea to say your name a few times in the training data, especially if you’re going to have it say that your last name rhymes with peachy, because it’s not saying it that way. Also, the AI video would be more realistic if it’s audio would capture the room dynamics, if you’re going to be using the same set a lot. Maybe you can run the audio through a reverb filter that closely matches the dynamics of your room.

[@animal355]

A.I. is all fun and games until it isn't. We need A.I. to carry out the tasks we don't want to do, like clean my toilet and bathroom, so I can create the fun and games like we used to be able to perform without the need for A.I. to kidnap our ability to be creative and fun.

[@ThomasS-q6w]

Listen up everyone, if you don't have a job that requires a human being to physically do it, such as an on-site welder or carpenter, or a fabricator, or insurance claims adjuster, etc etc, AI is going to take your job. KZbin channels will all be AI generated and mass produced and competition will eliminate anyone who tries to do KZbin the old-fashioned way (i.e themselves as a human speaking into a camera).

[@coldlyanalytical1351]

FWIW My custom eco house was made in a factory and clipped together on site. No wet trades, no earthworks - just a few days for electricians, plumbers and heat-pump installers. In the future much of that tradesman work could be done in the factory too.

[@highdough2712]

This is insanely frightening. We’re reaching the point where you can’t believe literally anything you see or hear, unless you see or hear it in person. And that’s probably next.

[@RawloftheDead]

That's crazy. I can't even tell. Great to see you posting educational videos

[@pukimaa]

I really appreciate everything you did in this video. You're actually speaking true facts and you connect with your audience like no other. I agree that AI can be scary and I hate AI being thrown into everything, but how you want to use it and how you talk about AI is really refreshing. AI isn't the best thing in the world, nor is it the one thing that will doom humanity and I think you share that perspective. Also I work in design and I hate that everyone tries to design with AI. It's a creative job and all the thought that goes into every little detail, at least to me, makes me feel good and I appreciate when humans craft something, rather than write a loveless prompt to let someone else do something you don't know a thing about. Thanks for the great video, excited to see more since I just subscribed. Keep it up!

[@JohnWi11is]

This is incredible and scary at the same time.

[@stoicswe]

I can see the usefulness of the video and audio generation AI tech. One of the things that I see though in the AI generated footage for the squarespace sponsor spot is that, while the hand movement is expressive, it seems like its a little disconnected from what is being said and emphasizes the wrong parts of the sentences. HOWEVER, it definitely has come a long way since when it started, definitely impressive.

[@nbrowser]

Sara Dietschy Like Pie-Etchy...oooook.

[@mariannerady1137]

really liked how you shared your trials. After hearing all kinds of scrary future predictions, this makes me feel better :D

[@Gaisenberg]

After becoming a mum, she looks like a character from Doctor Who.

[@loverrlee]

AI makes me wonder "why bother?" I wish it didn't make me feel that way, but it does... Also I'm scared about people imitating or straight up body snatching people. Like having people use AI to impersonate and identity theft someone else. It's so weird to me that this technology even exists. It feels like it's only designed to steal from people...

[@marius_burger]

I love Eleven Labs for my voice over work I can still record whatever I want but wherever even on my phone and Eleven Labs bumps it to my studio quality I sampled

[@chrismack.]

8:35 Was totally expecting an AI voice dub to fix this in post 😂

[@ClaudeSchneider1]

I came to the comments to say this same thing…

[@theloniousMac]

once upon a time people thought cameras were a lame way to paint.

[@erwinsartadventure]

The use of AI is crazy, but also hilarious! Like the pronunciation of your last name or the "Ok, beeeeee"

[@nielmotzmusic]

You brought up an important point. Use AI to increase productivity. This is why it’s important more than ever to learn new skills. Like, I find it to be imperative to learn to code to understand the logic. Then AI can assist you in doing the “heavy lifting” of productivity. Long term, I believe AI has potential to become our personal companion for everything. Letting AI know about one self is imperative to help you be better, physically and mentally. However, digital security is a must, of course.

[@simonfeilder]

Incredible tech. Has a real Pulls-Face-Off-To-Reveal-Tom-Cruise vibe right now but only if you're really focused. Once again dancing the razors edge of excitement and fear of never working again 🤓 Great video!

[@Javier-jv3ug]

i literally have never seen a clone this well... 8:54

[@saradietschy]

Right?? And I really was never able to repeat how good this first one was. Maybe a lucky balance between the source content and what I typed in

[@aaronhhill]

That's literally how movies are made. Somebody starts typing out sentences. The rest is just window dressing.

[@rw9207]

Although it is very convincing, this is closer to 'AI editing' that full 'AI generated footage'. It's literally re-hashing your provided material.... It's cool and everything, but, it's still takes a lot of work, by the human, to get to the result! It's a useful AI editing tool.

[@Graham_Wideman]

15:05 and 15:29 concerning trying to control hand gestures -- I can't help feeling that this leads to "Centipede's Dilemma", where we end up preoccupied with what the heck our hands are doing and why!

[@ddtalk]

I thought this was an incredibly interesting video. It showed quite a bit of information. Loved when John came in and was so surprised by how accurate your AI voice was! I also liked your square space commercial and the mispronouncing of your last name Sara dietchee (I know I misspelled it to demonstrate how it was pronounced by AI so it can’t be cloned to breach your security. Ps glad you’re back! I so enjoy your content and also your technical acumen! And of course your smile. I don’t know if you even know who I am but please know I pray for you, John and your family. Blessings! Pastor Dave

[@BenL_Hrmnn]

This is an incredibly well done video. You've got skills! Can you record an audio file and match your eleven labs voice to the intonation of it?

[@lunazamoracreative]

Audio is so important, 11 labs is getting better!

[@Thiesi]

Plot twist: It was just _AI Sara_ throughout the entire video.

[@HowToRenovateAChateau]

Super interesting, thanks Sara! xx

[@krowleysbox]

Thanks Sara! I have been dabbling with Eleven Labs for various dubbing in other languages but still "not there" and is time consuming to find the right voice, intonation, timing (important for prerecorded material... but is exciting. This use case is especially useful.

[@reggie368]

"Okay, beeeeeeeeeeee !" 🤣 Cheers Sara ! 😄

[@remixandkaraoke]

Thank you. This was very interesting and I feel like it could be very helpful for me in the future. Subscribed!

[@Sez1227]

This was so good Sara, thank for the great content love it.