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This reminds me of an old story of how the Japanese idol band AKB48 added a new member who turned out to be a computer composite in 2011, to think what they cou

by waffl 8y ago

This reminds me of an old story of how the Japanese idol band AKB48 added a new member who turned out to be a computer composite in 2011, to think what they could do with technology today and in the future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piZ2TkdK4Dw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piZ2TkdK4Dw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimi_Eguchi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimi_Eguchi

ryanmercer 8y ago
Somewhat related, there's also a Japanese character/synth/software package called Hatsune Miku that is flat out an animated hologram that is just a voice synthesizer for its voice. It is currently on tour...
- dylan604 8y ago
  You posted this while I was looking up the link to post. Else I would have replied to you
ddtaylor 8y ago
This morning is getting stranger with every post or comment I read.
- jacquesm 8y ago
  William Gibson foresaw that one ages ago.
  - chillingeffect 8y ago
    heck all the theorists of the hyperreal, too, including Baudrillard, Postman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreality "Hyperreality is seen as a condition in which what is real and what is fiction are seamlessly blended together so that there is no clear distinction between where one ends and the other begins.[1] It allows the co-mingling of physical reality with virtual reality (VR) and human intelligence with artificial intelligence (AI).[1] Individuals may find themselves, for different reasons, more in tune or involved with the hyperreal world and less with the physical real world."
walrus01 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idoru https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idoru
dylan604 8y ago
Or this Hatsune Miku which doesn't even exist but performs in concerts as a holographic character on stage, and the vocals are synthesized: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsune_Miku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsune_Miku
squarefoot 8y ago
I take for granted that in the not so distant future well'see dead actors/musicians replicas performing alone or along real ones. Having John Lennon and Kurt Cobain perform together or John Wayne himself commanding the USS Enterprise (the starship, not the carrier) is just a few years and some lawyers away. Dead star franchises will probably love that though, so the incentive to perfection the technology will very likely bring us to a point where almost all artists will be machine generated because they cost a fraction of real ones.

by waffl 8y ago

ryanmercer 8y ago

Somewhat related, there's also a Japanese character/synth/software package called Hatsune Miku that is flat out an animated hologram that is just a voice synthesizer for its voice. It is currently on tour...

dylan604 8y ago
You posted this while I was looking up the link to post. Else I would have replied to you

ddtaylor 8y ago

This morning is getting stranger with every post or comment I read.

jacquesm 8y ago
William Gibson foresaw that one ages ago.
- chillingeffect 8y ago
  heck all the theorists of the hyperreal, too, including Baudrillard, Postman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreality "Hyperreality is seen as a condition in which what is real and what is fiction are seamlessly blended together so that there is no clear distinction between where one ends and the other begins.[1] It allows the co-mingling of physical reality with virtual reality (VR) and human intelligence with artificial intelligence (AI).[1] Individuals may find themselves, for different reasons, more in tune or involved with the hyperreal world and less with the physical real world."

walrus01 8y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idoru https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idoru

dylan604 8y ago

Or this Hatsune Miku which doesn't even exist but performs in concerts as a holographic character on stage, and the vocals are synthesized: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsune_Miku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsune_Miku

squarefoot 8y ago

I take for granted that in the not so distant future well'see dead actors/musicians replicas performing alone or along real ones. Having John Lennon and Kurt Cobain perform together or John Wayne himself commanding the USS Enterprise (the starship, not the carrier) is just a few years and some lawyers away. Dead star franchises will probably love that though, so the incentive to perfection the technology will very likely bring us to a point where almost all artists will be machine generated because they cost a fraction of real ones.