Watch the video: Suddenly a “language genius” – AI interpreter lets US director speak German and French.
This video is currently causing a lot of buzz on social media.
Tech influencer and director Jon Finger suddenly speaks different languages - without ever having learned them.
The clip was viewed more than 5.8 million times on “X”, formerly Twitter, alone in just a few days.
The online tool “HeyGen” uses artificial intelligence to do the translation and places it lip-synchronously and with your voice on the original video.
For this to work, the video must meet certain requirements and be at least 30 seconds long.
In the text accompanying his post, Finger asks other users for feedback on the quality of the translation.
Users are impressed by the technology, but note that the translations sound somewhat robotic.
But there are also critical voices: Experts such as Google employee Lutz Mache note that the technology can also be used improperly.
Artificial intelligence has been used repeatedly in the past to produce fake videos and put words in the mouths of well-known personalities and politicians.