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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lenny isn't AI; it's just a collection of prerecorded messages.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The tool has existed. Frosting it as “ai” doesn’t make it really different.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

AI makes it different because this is likely dynamically synthesized speech that sounds real. Previous TTS engines wouldn't have sounded real enough to be believable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

It's amazing how simple something like this can be and still be effective.

Machine learning is not that necessary for this use case 😉