Reminds me of that anime from Shinichiro Watanabe: Carole & Tuesday.
I just heard a remix of Jay-Z & Kanye's "Ni*as in Paris," with Biggie as Jay and 2pac as Ye. The AI voice-swap sounded 95-98% like Biggie & Pac. But it did highlight how the flows & cadence of Jay & Ye are their own, while Biggie & Pac have their unique deliveries as well.
It didn't necessarily instill in me a sense of fear for artists in the future, or inspire me to want to find the best songs & musicians & rappers to use this tech out on, or anything like that. But it was well-executed, and illuminated other aspects of these artists beyond the very recognizable tone & pronunciation from each respective artist.
I always thought Biggie had the best flow. His delivery almost has that slightly-off-beat drag, even if he can pretty much self-quantize if he wants to (like in Notorious Thugs). Maybe these AI remixers will hone in on such details soon enough, sort of quantize the deliveries in such a way to be purposefully off-beat and unusual (almost like a Dilla beat with his signature style that makes it a point to be off-the-grid so to speak).
I just heard a remix of Jay-Z & Kanye's "Ni*as in Paris," with Biggie as Jay and 2pac as Ye. The AI voice-swap sounded 95-98% like Biggie & Pac. But it did highlight how the flows & cadence of Jay & Ye are their own, while Biggie & Pac have their unique deliveries as well.
It didn't necessarily instill in me a sense of fear for artists in the future, or inspire me to want to find the best songs & musicians & rappers to use this tech out on, or anything like that. But it was well-executed, and illuminated other aspects of these artists beyond the very recognizable tone & pronunciation from each respective artist.
I always thought Biggie had the best flow. His delivery almost has that slightly-off-beat drag, even if he can pretty much self-quantize if he wants to (like in Notorious Thugs). Maybe these AI remixers will hone in on such details soon enough, sort of quantize the deliveries in such a way to be purposefully off-beat and unusual (almost like a Dilla beat with his signature style that makes it a point to be off-the-grid so to speak).