> I am wondering: is there a use-case for such an algorithm that is practical and good for the world?
I mean, the most general goal would to eventually be able to create arbitrary amounts of entertainment for near zero cost. A constant stream of novel music tailored not just to model your tastes, but to expand your tastes. Ditto for movies/television/dramatic entertainment. Or food.
More near term, lots of areas of entertainment production studio workflows--mesh generation in games, color grading in movies, ability to do way cooler stuff in post production. It opens up tons of new techniques that producers and artists can use.
No doubt it enables a new level of deception, but we just need to develop better filters for it. Video and audio evidence should probably not be admissible in court anymore (or the burden a proof should be higher) but that's probably a good thing net net.
I mean, the most general goal would to eventually be able to create arbitrary amounts of entertainment for near zero cost. A constant stream of novel music tailored not just to model your tastes, but to expand your tastes. Ditto for movies/television/dramatic entertainment. Or food.
More near term, lots of areas of entertainment production studio workflows--mesh generation in games, color grading in movies, ability to do way cooler stuff in post production. It opens up tons of new techniques that producers and artists can use.
No doubt it enables a new level of deception, but we just need to develop better filters for it. Video and audio evidence should probably not be admissible in court anymore (or the burden a proof should be higher) but that's probably a good thing net net.