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[–] adhd_traco@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Makes me think of this Alan Watts snippet.

(imginn.com instagram frontend link)

Looks like this AI generated and not the original Alan Watts. My apologies, I was bamboozled.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Alan Watts died in 1973 and yet this clip has him saying "scroll social media". Only possible "social media" at the time of his death was email or a chatroom and those were in their infancy and the internet hadn't been invented yet either. Methinks you may have been fooled.

EDIT: rephrasing

[–] Dr_Del_Fuego@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

Inside the clip "HE" refers to himself in "Alan watts said once..." - it's definitely Ai stealing his voice

[–] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm 99% sure the narration is AI-generated using Watts's voice, and I don't think it was quoting Watts directly. The on screen text needed quotation marks to show what, if any, words were taken directly from Watts. Misleading, yes, but I don't think intentionally so.

[–] bob@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

I got the impression the first half is Watts proper and the second half is ai to put a modern spin on it. I didn't hate it tbh. Provoked emotion from me as it really hits the nail.