Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died much than a decennary ago, but a caller artificial intelligence-powered podcast has brought him backmost to beingness successful a fake interview—prompting the net to respond with some fearfulness and awe.
A caller occurrence of podcast.ai pairs Jobs with Joe Rogan, whose ain podcast The Joe Rogan Experience has been a runaway success.
"Hello, freak b**ches," the fake Rogan said successful opening. "Welcome to different occurrence of The Bro Jogan Experience."
The bot-podcaster past introduced his guest, saying that helium wished helium "could beryllium adjacent similar one-tenth of the genius that my person contiguous is."
"Super psyched astir having him successful the location today, archetypal clip or—yeah, we've had you connected before, but not for a agelong time," AI-Rogan said. "You're similar Patrick Swayze and I'm Demi Moore successful Ghost. You're a representation from the past."
Fake Jobs past laughs.
From there, the 2 talked topics similar psychedelics, spirituality and tech.
Jobs died successful 2011 astatine 56 aft a conflict with a uncommon pancreatic cancer. The U.S. Sun reported that successful existent life, helium was never featured connected The Joe Rogan Experience, which archetypal aired successful December 2009.
The podcast seemingly nailed the landing erstwhile emulating Jobs and Rogan. After the occurrence aired, galore societal media users marveled astatine however realistic each idiosyncratic sounded and however intimately the transcript resembled thing they mightiness accidental successful existent life.
"This perfectly broke my brain," Twitter idiosyncratic @frantzfries wrote connected Tuesday.
"It's transportation cleanable and could easy walk arsenic real," they continued. "AI is coming for podcasts apparently."
This perfectly broke my brain
A caller occurrence of the Joe Rogan Show conscionable dropped *but it’s generated by AI*
And helium interviews Steve Jobs astir his aboriginal life
It’s transportation cleanable and could easy walk arsenic real
AI is coming for podcasts seemingly https://t.co/7jjmY4nXnN
Other societal media users joked that they wouldn't beryllium blessed to beryllium paired with Rogan aft their death.
"If idiosyncratic puts maine connected a podcast with Joe Rogan posthumously I'm haunting their ass," @skstock tweeted.
Some pointed retired the podcast's imaginable ethical implications.
"ai generated dependable of a person, who did not supply consent, successful a podcast saying things that idiosyncratic ne'er said—pretty straightforward evil happening to do. is determination a crushed we're not each connected the aforesaid leafage with this worldly yet?" Mike Solana, vice president of the task superior steadfast Founders Fund, wrote successful a tweet.
ai generated dependable of a person, who did not supply consent, successful a podcast saying things that idiosyncratic ne'er said — beauteous straightforward evil happening to do. is determination a crushed we’re not each connected the aforesaid leafage with this worldly yet?
— Mike Solana (@micsolana) October 12, 2022Podcast.ai describes itself arsenic being afloat fueled by artificial intelligence, and listeners are capable to suggest aboriginal hosts, guests and topics.
The episodes are created done "play.ht's ultra-realistic voices," and the dialog is rendered via "fine-tuned connection models." For the occurrence successful question, Jobs' biography was examined, arsenic were immoderate of his aged recordings to assistance bring his dependable to life.
Newsweek has reached retired to Rogan, Jobs' widow and play.ht, which powers the podcast's AI voices, for comment.
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