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This video of David Attenborough narrating a programmer's life shows Hollywood actors were right to be afraid of AI (www.businessinsider.com)

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This video of David Attenborough narrating a programmer's life shows Hollywood actors were right to be afraid of AI::If you've ever wanted acclaimed broadcaster and documentary filmmaker Sir David Attenborough to narrate your life, you're not alone — and you don't have to keep merely wishing for it anymore.

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

If you've ever wanted acclaimed broadcaster and documentary filmmaker Sir David Attenborough to narrate your life, you're not alone — and you don't have to keep merely wishing for it anymore.

"Here we have a remarkable specimen of Homo Sapiens, distinguished by his silver circular spectacles and a mane of tousled curly locks," says Attenborough.

The narration appears to be unscripted, autonomous, and surprisingly realistic at capturing not only the documentarian's trademark voice, but also his distinctive style of speech.

"He's wearing what appears to be a blue fabric covering, which can only be assumed to be part of its mating display," AI-Attenborough adds.

This short demo shows that AI clones aren't just a fantasy from that "Black Mirror" episode with Salma Hayek and Annie Murphy — they're the real deal.

On Saturday, Justine Bateman, the AI advisor to the union's negotiating committee, criticized the agreement for not doing enough to protect actors against the creation of their "digital doubles" and replacement by "synthetic performers."

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