Mon. 03/08 - Replacing The Simpsons Cast with AI Voice "Actors?"

<p><strong><em>Could </em>The Simpsons <em>replace their entire cast with AI replicas? A look at the scientific, artistic, and legal possibilities. Researchers have discovered an interesting trait in green tree frogs that they’re describing as built-in noise-canceling headphones. A few highlights from the 1,200 new words added to the German dictionary last year. And a website that lets you play streaming music on a vinyl interface.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Fitbod, Get 25% off a membership at <a href="http://fitbod.me/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fitbod.me/kottke</a></li><li>Lightstream, Get a special interest rate discount at <a href="https://www.lightstream.com/cc-radio?cid=RA-CCDCL-credit_card-er-KOTTKE-18365&amp;fact=18365&amp;isredirect=True" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lightstream.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/simpsons-deepfake-voice-actors-ai" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Could The Simpsons replace its voice actors with AI deepfakes?</a> (Wired)</li><li><a href="https://www.sagaftra.org/get-involved/government-affairs-public-policy/digital-image-rights-right-publicity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Digital Image Rights &amp; Right of Publicity</a> (SAG-AFTRA) </li><li><a href="https://www.popsci.com/story/animals/treefrogs-ears-noise-cancelling/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Treefrogs have noise-cancelling headphones built into their ears</a> (Popular Science)</li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/23/from-coronaangst-to-hamsteritis-the-new-german-words-inspired-by-covid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Coronaangst ridden? Overzoomed? Covid inspires 1,200 new German words</a> (The Guardian)</li><li><a href="https://thomaspark.co/projects/needledrop/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Needledrop: A turntable interface for music playback</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.backtothefuture.com/bonus/we-dont-need-roads-2015