CURMUDGUCATION: Voice Cloning: One More Way Teachers Can Be Replaced

CURMUDGUCATION: Voice Cloning: One More Way Teachers Can Be Replaced

Voice Cloning: One More Way Teachers Can Be Replaced

So, Venture Beat is a website touts itself as the leading source for transformative tech news and events that provide deep context to help business leaders make smart decisions and stay on top of breaking news.

That includes "sponsored" news like this very special piece from Lovo, a Berkeley-based company whose sub-title is "Love Your Voice" and whose co-founder explains their mission as "Making human voice scalable, ubiquitous, and accessible." That co-founder is Tom (Seung Kun) Lee, who has been COO for Orbis, done digital marketing for LG CNS, and worked for MuleSoft-- and that's all just since 2016. He got his Business Administration and Management degree from U of C, Berkley in 2016; it took him six years but that may be because it appears he took 2013-2015 off to be a Squad Leader in the Republic of Korea Army.

Anyway. Lee is quoted heavily in this advertisement for Voice Cloning which claims that this awesome AI-powered tech is "becoming the new normal."

And just in time, too. The "global elearning  market" was going to hit total market value of $325 billion by 2025, driven by, among other things, "the need  to educate people at low cost." Need? Whose need is that exactly, and is this "need" like "I need to eat food or I will die" or more like "I CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: Voice Cloning: One More Way Teachers Can Be Replaced