[yoavz]

Most interesting example to me: "Digitally altering audio to make it sound as if a popular singer missed a note in their live performance".

This seems oddly specific to the inverse of what happened recently with Alicia Keys from the recent Superbowl. As Robert Komaniecki pointed out on X [1], Alicia Keys hit a "sour note" which was silently edited by the NFL to fix it.

[1] https://twitter.com/Komaniecki_R/status/1757074365102084464

[elpocko]

Digitally altering audio to make it sound as if a popular singer hit a lot of notes is still fine though.

[yoavz]

Correct, it's the inverse that requires disclosure by Youtube.

Still, I find it interesting. If you can't synthetically alter someone's performance to be "worse", is it OK that the NFL synthetically altered Alicia Key's performance to be "better"?

For a more consequential example, imagine Biden's marketing team "cleaning up" his speech after he has mumbled or trailed off a word, misleading the US public during an election year. Should that be disclosed?

[hackernewds]

I don't understand the distinction. if the intent is to protect the user, then what if I make the sound better for rival contestants on American idol and don't do it for singers of a certain race.

seems to comply?

[frays]

This is a great example as a discussion point, thank you for sharing.

I will be coming back to this video in several months time to check whether the "Altered or synthetic content" tag has actually been applied to it or not. If not, I will report it to YouTube.

[ryandrake]

Yea, it’s a really super example!

However autotune has existed for decades. Would it have been better if artists were required to label when they used autotune to correct their singing? I say yes but reasonable people can disagree!

I wonder if we are going to settle on an AI regime where it’s OK to use AI to deceptively make someone seem “better” but not to deceptively make someone seem “worse.” We are entering a wild decade.

[JadedBlueEyes]

> I say yes but reasonable people can disagree!

A lot of people do! Tone correction [1] is a normal fact of life in the music industry, especially in recordings. Using it well takes both some degree of vocal skill and production skill. You'll often find that it's incredibly obvious when done poorly, but nearly unnoticeable when done well.

[1] AutoTune is a specific brand

[post_break]

Oh no, is that going to mess up my favorite genre called shreds? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nAhQOoJTIA

[wccrawford]

Only if people start rejecting it because they learn it was modified by AI.

If they don't reject it for that, nothing changes.