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   From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   Tim Slattery wrote:   
   > Physics Perspective  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Join physicist Michio Kaku as he examines one of the greatest   
   >> achievements in history through a scientific lens.   
   >   
   > Thanks for posting this link. This is an *excellent* lecture.   
   >   
   > But I have a question about it. It *sounds* like Michio Kaku talking   
   > (I've seen him on many TV programs.) But he wouldn't keep saying "one   
   > thousand nine hundred sixty seconds" when he meant "nineteen-sixties".   
   > A computer translating text to audio would do this when it encountered   
   > "1960s" in the text.   
   >   
   > So what's going on here? A text-to-audio program that's smart enough   
   > to use Kaku's voice and his inflections, but not smart enough to know   
   > that "1960s" should be pronounced "nineteen-sixties"?   
   >   
   > Oh well. Other than that, I loved it!   
      
   Just like most youtube vids nowadays:   
   Created, voiced, and uploaded by AI without any human input except for   
   the initial concept.   
      
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