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  • yesterday i opened a link friend sent me of alan watts speech. i liked some part of it very much but when i sent it to some other friend he told me that it is probably ai made. i was shocked and in disbelief but of course i asked ai if it was ai made and ai confirmed it was most probably. so here’s the explanation. don’t fall for it like i did.

    It’s almost certainly AI-generated. Here’s why: There’s been an explosion of AI-generated Alan Watts voice content on YouTube — typically characterized by a clear, slightly high-pitched English accent with no background hiss, tape noise, or room ambiance. (Medium) A key tell: Watts’ authentic recordings from the 1950s–70s were captured on reel-to-reel tape and have characteristic hiss, pops, and ambient room sounds. AI versions sound unnervingly clean by comparison. (Medium) Many of the original recordings have actually been pulled from YouTube by the Alan Watts Foundation, which manages copyright and distributes his work through official channels. This has left a gap that AI imitations have filled. (Medium) How to tell if a specific video is AI: Too-clean audio (no tape hiss, no room noise) Slightly robotic cadence or unnatural pauses Content that doesn’t match any known lecture title The channel isn’t the official Alan Watts Organization The official channel is Alan Watts Organization on YouTube, and real recordings will have that vintage audio texture. If the video you linked sounds pristine, it’s AI.





  • wk5ar@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldAI as a Fascist Artifact
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    22 days ago

    but Nick Land as an influental thinker and a right wing reactionary is very suprising and unexpected to me. I still consider his work with ccru (the writtings 1997-2003) to be interesting and having some kind of forward potential but when i realised this accelerionist story i was shocked. and how far reaching it is.

    most of all its clear that a modern capitalist, a “humble liberal” as for eg. peter thiel describes himself is a being who have denounced any moral attachment to his product like they (palantir, meta, google) the surveilance capitalists overlord kind of do like the corporations would do for sweatshops in asia. a being who exploits by day and meditate in the afternoon not having to do anything with the suffering and the evil they have caused. As Žižek also noted the age of the shameless and most perverted.