- Published on March 18, 2023
- In AI Features
Deepfakes Are Elevating Meme Culture, But At What Cost?
A popular meme-maker spoke to Analytics India Magazine on the rise of generative AI, stating, “Eleven Labs has completely changed the game".
- By Anirudh VK
Meme culture has always been at the cutting edge of tech. From being a mainstay of BBS boards in the late 1990s to picking on NFT bros, memes have come a long way. But these Internet jokers might have just hit the mother lode of meme-making technology—audio deepfakes.
While AI voice memes have been around in some form since ‘15.ai’ launched in 2020, the recent launch of Eleven Labs’ AI speech synthesiser has supercharged this trend. With the rise of accessible generative AI, it seems that the meme community has finally found its voice.
All Fun and Games
While generating voices with AI is relatively new, meme generators have been engaging in many ways to create fake audio of people for almost two decades now. This trend first began in 2004 with YouTube Poops—edits o
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Anirudh VK
I am an AI enthusiast and love keeping up with the latest events in the space. I love video games and pizza.
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