lcolucci

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   by lcolucci 7mo ago

   I don't think that's the primary purpose of realistic interactive avatars, any more than deception is the purpose of CGI. Deception requires intent to mislead — if users know they're talking to an avatar, it's not decept
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   by lcolucci 8mo ago

   Thank you!
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   by lcolucci 8mo ago

   Do you think the same about text that is indistinguishable from human-written text (LLM chatbots)? Or voice that is indistinguishable from a human talking? Illegal things, like fraud and impersonation, are illegal. There's a difference
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   by lcolucci 8mo ago

   This is so obvious now that you say it (* facepalm *). We definitely need to give the LLM context on the appearance (both from the initial image as well as any /imagine updates during the call). Thanks for pointing it out!
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   by lcolucci 8mo ago

   Can you help us make him? What's the right voice? https://lemonslice.com/hn
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   by lcolucci 8mo ago

   That's super nice of you to say. Thank you!
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   by lcolucci 8mo ago

   This is good feedback thanks! The "not patient" feeling probably comes from our VAD being set to "eager mode" so that the latency is better. VAD (i.e. deciding when the human has actually stopped talking) is a tough prob
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   by lcolucci 8mo ago

   Well put - and thanks, we'll keep building. Still chasing this level of magic: https://youtu.be/gL5PgvFvi8A?si=I__VSDqkXBdBTVvB&t=173 Not to mention language tutors, training experiences, and more.
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   by lcolucci 8mo ago

   Good idea. We need to do that. I'm also excited to push the /imagine stuff further and have B-roll interspersed with the talking (like a documentary) or even follow the character around as they move (like a video game)
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    The curve is accelerating!
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Thank you so much!
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    whoops I actually did set that on purpose. I guess I like watching things sped up and assumed others did too :) But you can change it.
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Thank you! And the cool thing is it's actually a full video world model. We'll expose more of those capabilities soon
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    That's a good one. I would suggest asking them to integrate with LiveKit. Then it'll be really easy to combine InWorld and LemonSlice.
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    So cool! I love how he sometimes looks down and over his glasses
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    I wonder if we should make the UI a more common interface (e.g. "the call is ringing") to avoid this confusion? It's a normal mp4 video that's looping initially (the "welcome message") and then as soon as you s
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Thank you so much! It's been a lot of fun to build
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    This is a good point on audio. Our main priority so far has been reducing latency. In service of that, we were deep in the process of integrating Hume's two-way S2S voice model instead of ElevenLabs. But then we realized that ElevenLab
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Thanks Dan! The HN playground let's anyone try out for free without login
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Qwen is the default but you can pick any LLM in the web app (though not the HN playground)
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    what's not working for you?
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    This comment made my day! So happy you're liking it
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    haha thank you so much! The team is incredible - small but mighty
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Agreed. We were so excited about the results last year and they are SO BAD now by comparison. Hopefully we'll say the same thing again in the couple months
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Sorry about the confusion. Video Agents and Creative Studio are two entirely different products. Video Agents = interactive video. Creative Studio = make a video and download it. If you're interested in real-time video calls, then Vide
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    https://lemonslice.com/hn - There's a button for "Get 1st month free" in the Developer Quickstart
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Wow thank you so much :) We're so proud of it!!
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Yes this is exactly right. Using the LiveKit integration you can add LemonSlice as an avatar layer on top of any voice provider
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Thanks so much! We're super proud of it
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    by lcolucci 8mo ago

    Yes we do! Within the web app, there's a "action text prompt" section that allows you to control the overall actions of the character (e.g. "a fox talking with lots of arm motions"). We'll soon expose this in t