A few days ago I opened a thread about screams at the begining of P's songs. I thought it was an interesting topic in itself (it had a decent number of views and replies), but the main reason why I chose to open it, was because I was in search for clean screams to sample and insert in a project I'm presenting here. I hope the administrators will be kind enough to keep this thread open. This is not just about wanating to promote my work (I know there is a speific forum page for that and if I'll get closed down here I will post it there), but I believe it is also an opportunity to discuss the topic of AI in realtion to Prince work and his persona. AI use of Prince's music has obviously already been discussed, but in this case it's not really about the music, since it goes a little bit beyond. It's an effort to revive him through words by creating dialogues that has never been spoken ever, which has been made possible through the use of AI technology. Of course this is an attempt at comedy (for the most part) and you can be sure it was made out of love. I expect nothing less than a shitstorm for posting this... I have been following the .org for more than a decade (much more actually) and I know how sensitive users can be and how nasty they can get. Still I chose to take the risk nonetheless, since - I like to repeat it - I made this work out of love for both artists...even if P has always been my man since tender age. While creating the work, I couldn't help asking myself what P would have thought of this. Would he have been pissed at this? Probably. Would he have also had a laugh about it? Maybe, at least I hope. He definetely was a man with humour. AI is here to stay and this kind of works are gonna soon multiply ...who knows what turn this will take. I'm curious to know your thoughts around this topic. Peace.

Here is the link to see the full episode:

https://www.youtube.com/w...tHe2T_eYg8

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Prince was against being reconstructed in any holographic or virtual way. He's on record as having made those statements (calling it demonic).

Would Prince hate this: Yes.
Would Prince find this funny: Probably not.

AI might be here to stay, but you can be sure the the Estate wil block and go after any Prince re-creation. You won't see AI being used in creating Prince music.

The - again * The Estate will be wrong.

DOn't be against somthing just liek that.

AI can be interesting...

Se7en said:

Se7en said:

You won't see AI being used in creating Prince music.

If Lonny and Spicey had more pull and saw money in it you can bet they woudl try to do exactly this.

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Words like "reviving" and "reconstructing" are wide of the mark IMO. Its just a computer "impersonating" a celebrity, No different to a human thats really good at doing impressions of people, can be humourous and entertaining but no comparison to the real thing

Se7en said:

Prince was against being reconstructed in any holographic or virtual way. He's on record as having made those statements (calling it demonic).

Would Prince hate this: Yes.
Would Prince find this funny: Probably Absolutely not.

AI might be here to stay, but you can be sure the the Estate wil block and go after any Prince re-creation. You won't see AI being used in creating Prince music.

This, this, and this.

Ugh, I wish people would stop posting this AI junk on message boards...

No AI stuff allowed !!!

Did AI write the comedy script, too?

The concept had potential. It really did.

Also MJ voice seems "off".

FragileUndertow said:

the faces they make. And when they start try to out scream each other. And I gotta say it sounds like Prince

it does sound like prince. and it is sort of funny. the scream off was pretty well thought of.


it's scary stuff, this ai generated 'art'.

WhisperingDandelions said:

yeah, give us deets how this is done.

Here's a slightly better execution of this concept on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/w...8hh7CAycZQ

"Michael, I know we had our creative differences. Me being more creative and all..."

WhisperingDandelions said:

I gave in and watched it and it's so creepy that it sounds just like Prince.

The Prince side of the dialogue sounded just like Prince. The MJ side, didn't sound like him at all to me, sounded like an actual woman impersonating MJ.

ShellyMcG said:

Se7en said:

The Prince side of the dialogue sounded just like Prince. The MJ side, didn't sound like him at all to me, sounded like an actual woman impersonating MJ.

That's what MJ (and the entire Jackson family) sound like. Very soft, feminine voices.

I was thinking, with the way technology is headed, they don't even need actors anymore. Imagine watching an AI generated Prince biopic that captures his voice, mannerisms down to the T.

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Ndorphinmachina said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Se7en said:

The Prince side of the dialogue sounded just like Prince. The MJ side, didn't sound like him at all to me, sounded like an actual woman impersonating MJ.

That's what MJ (and the entire Jackson family) sound like. Very soft, feminine voices.

I was thinking, with the way technology is headed, they don't even need actors anymore. Imagine watching an AI generated Prince biopic that captures his voice, mannerisms down to the T.

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Well, turn on the news - there is currently a writers and actors strike . . . one of their concerns is AI.

Certain movie studios want to pay the actor ONE DAY'S PAY to scan them, record their voices, and do the rest in AI with no further payments to the actor - ever.

Se7en said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

That's what MJ (and the entire Jackson family) sound like. Very soft, feminine voices.

I was thinking, with the way technology is headed, they don't even need actors anymore. Imagine watching an AI generated Prince biopic that captures his voice, mannerisms down to the T.

[Edited 7/20/23 12:33pm]

Well, turn on the news - there is currently a writers and actors strike . . . one of their concerns is AI.

Certain movie studios want to pay the actor ONE DAY'S PAY to scan them, record their voices, and do the rest in AI with no further payments to the actor - ever.

Fuck that.

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Se7en said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

That's what MJ (and the entire Jackson family) sound like. Very soft, feminine voices.

I was thinking, with the way technology is headed, they don't even need actors anymore. Imagine watching an AI generated Prince biopic that captures his voice, mannerisms down to the T.

[Edited 7/20/23 12:33pm]

Well, turn on the news - there is currently a writers and actors strike . . . one of their concerns is AI.

Certain movie studios want to pay the actor ONE DAY'S PAY to scan them, record their voices, and do the rest in AI with no further payments to the actor - ever.

Yes I've heard that and that's where we're headed however I don't think they even need the original actors anymore. There is enough data going on from social media and youtube to scan images and create brand new people just like they're doing with AI art programs like midjourney.