[jasonhanley]

I agree the multimodal stuff is amazing. I'm seriously impressed with the new Gemini 2.0 family of models and can't wait until the full multimodal capabilities are in general release.

In terms of the HeyGen vid, it's passable, but that was something I literally whipped up in 10 minutes. You can make ones that are much, much better if you invest in creating better training material. The voice and video model in this case only used the one 3-minute source video.

Funny you mention the "people zoo" thing. That's actually part of a sci-fi story I've been trying to write since I was in my teens. Roughed out here: https://youtu.be/2KLdaVs_ugw

[tumnus]

Kurt Vonnegut did it first.

[jasonhanley]

You know what's wild? Not ever having heard of him, I can find out who he is and how this relates to the conversation in milliseconds.

For others' benefit:

"Kurt Vonnegut explored themes of humans being observed by extraterrestrial beings in a zoo-like setting in his novel Slaughterhouse-Five. ... While this scenario involves humans being placed in a zoo by aliens, it does not specifically depict artificial intelligence (AI) as the captors. However, Vonnegut did address the impact of automation and machines on human society in his debut novel, Player Piano."

Amazing times we live in. Strange and scary, but also amazing.

[nprateem]

Great book. Well worth a read.