In for a penny, in for a pound…
[This is the last story I held back on Easter weekend.]
Thailand TV has launched a “news” broadcast anchored by a person who does not exist–she is generated by “Artificial Intelligence” (https://efe.com/en/other-news/2024-04-01/thailands-first-ai-presenter-debuts-on-national-tv/#:~:text=Thailand’s%20first%20AI%20presenter%20debuts%20on%20national%20TV&text=Natcha%2C%20identified%20by%20a%20banner,also%20generated%20by%20artificial%20intelligence). “She” will soon be joined by a male counterpart equally phoney.
Supposedly this will provide “fast and accurate news presentation” (it only hurts when I laugh). Started by Red China in 2018, AI nooze has become very popular in Asia.
There’s something about this that I find inexpressibly sad. Frank Field with the weather, Warner Wolfe on sports… suddenly I really miss those guys.
It will be even sadder if we can’t tell the difference anymore.
[Why does The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price, pop into my head as I do this story?]
