Can deepfakes replace The Simpsons?

March 5, 2021 Brian Satis 155 Views

Coming up today: we explain why anecdotal benefits of microdosing might only be a placebo effect and find out how a bunch of deepfakes could one day replace the cast of The Simpsons.

The stories we talked about this week:

The benefits of microdosing might be down to the placebo effect
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/microdosing-study-placebo-results

Could The Simpsons replace its voice actors with AI deepfakes? (Publishing March 6, 2020)
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/simpsons-deepfake-voice-actors-ai

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Brian Satis

Brian is WhatPod's Technology Editor. San Jose resident and veteran of the first Silicon Valley tech boom, Brian is founder of Duotone Game Studio and a contributing writer for Synthetic Dimensions, Podzone and Tech News Monthly.Got a podcast to suggest ? Contact Brian (brian.satis@whatpod.com.au)