molave

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2mo ago

Whats your take on stand up comedy?
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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago
Don't know if I can take it sitting down.

2mo ago

Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

yes, AI is crap, but it might not be crap some day, so just you wait!”

I mean, there's a gap between the capabilities of Cleverbot and ChatGPT, as referenced in this very comments section. As much as one wishes it not be so, it would be foolish to ignore past technological leaps—and how people back then laugh them off as impossible.

2mo ago

Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

The Italian Brainrot memes sound better than those.

2mo ago

Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

espeaks looks pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

2mo ago

Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

According to the beta testers, and the Internet, listeners abhorred the LLM localization & actual tone-deaf Speech audio dubbing. Keeping the original dubbings is simply what folks want, esp. if it’s labeled abridged.

Yes, at its current state. Will it stay that way? The tech companies are burning cash in attempts to make it not so. My hunch says even Vocaloid-tier AI dubbing will be enough for a large sector of the audience. Then the human vs. AI dubbing debate could be analogous to debates between lossy (more accessible) vs. lossless (higher quality) audio.

Now, LLM localization is the greater challenge. I highly doubt those, including the classic machine-learning models, can reach N1-level localization quality.

2mo ago

Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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2mo ago

Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

I prefer proper VA dubbing versus AI dubbing. This is more of a question if the viewership prefers AI dub vs. no dub if proper dubs are not yet available.

bruv every anime listed in MAL has runtimes, lengths, and additional metadata.

Fair, I don't have the time right now to be 100% accurate at my figures, so I went with a rough estimate. I tried to be as clear as I can on that point.

there are few N1 localizers willing to work at the 硬貨 on the دينار for whatever AMZN is valued at

If it's only easy for fandubs to be readily available. Like there are few N1 localizers willing to work at Amazon's assessed rates, few IP holders are willing to say yes to dubbing their shows at the money fandubbers can afford. There's also hiring the proper voice actors for the characters, and the ones who do the anime justice/will not have the fans crucifying the anime for doing a craptastic job at dubbing deservedly ask a premium.

2mo ago

Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

There are ~25K anime in MyAnimeList. If we assume that there are 250K episodes with a total average length of 25 minutes, each, we are talking about dubbing 6.25 million minutes overall.

Let's say 80% of them is not yet dubbed, that'll be 5M minutes. Netflix delayed KaoruHana for at least two months to dub 8 episodes * 25 minutes, so they likely took three months to complete 200 minutes of footage i.e. a rate of 0.3 anime minutes/VA minute. Let's say there are 100 organizations with three teams of dubbers each, so the rate can be expanded to 90 anime minutes/VA minute overall.

Clearing the backlog will require 55K minutes. That's 925 hours/115 business days, or almost a year. I guess it is possible if we wait this long. And this calculation ignores time to select the right VA for the job, paying the amount the VAs request to accept the job, plus a whole lot of other factors I failed to mention or I don't even know exist.

And this is for just one language (English), and I'm still waiting for the Italian dub of JoJo Part 5.

2mo ago

Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

On one hand: It's impossible to dub every single anime at a reasonable time.

On the other: I totally see the big companies refusing to hire real actors for dubbing because 'muh profits'

2mo ago

YSK about SearXNG - an open metasearch engine

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

Google frequently stops working as an engine

Don't threaten me with a good time.

2mo ago

"Jurassic" Park

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

Username checks out

2mo ago

I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was Deflating

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

And the issue is that for the people who call for a Butlerian Jihad, we are part of the problem.

2mo ago

Symphonic Suite: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

Well, I sure hope somebody picks up that phone. Because Evan f*cking Called it!

2mo ago

[Episode] GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class • 3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei - Episode 8 discussion

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molave @reddthat.com 2mo ago

Lore-accurate Shinsengumi wear!

Hijikata is a hardliner with regards to rules, but he's not above rules-lawyering if the situation demands it.

@rikka@ani.social

3mo ago

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 48]

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molave @reddthat.com 3mo ago

Just finished The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity. I was so, so happy with how it ended. I started watching it a little concerned about cut corners with its animation, but it stuck the landing so well it exceeded my expectations from the moment I saw its announcement visual.

Summer 2025 is a season to never forget, and I doubt there could be anything like this for a long time.

My top #11, #12, and #13 anime are all romance anime, all liked and loved for different reasons. My personal ranking of these are very close together.

#11: Your Lie in April (Drama)

#12: The Dangers in My Heart (MC Chemistry and Actual Romance)

#13: The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity (Art, general story tone, and the iyashikei aspect)

I hope someday Evan Call, Handa Jukki, and Kuroki Miyuki collaborate together in a single work.

3mo ago

What the hell is even going on at this point?

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molave @reddthat.com 3mo ago

He's like water, he takes the shape of what container he's in.

3mo ago

What are some habits or skills that you've recently(or not so recently) learnt that improved the quality of your life or made things more fun?

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molave @reddthat.com 3mo ago

Seeking to understand others before being understood. As long as a (generous) standard of good faith is met, I meet others' thoughts and views with curiosity. I do not have to agree with them.
Realize that no matter how hard I try, a lot of things are outside of my control to change. The change you desire could take a long time and no shortcuts are feasible. You can stick to your principles and at the same time recognize that there is only so much you can influence.

3mo ago

Fancy talk

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3mo ago

Norwegian Man Arrested for Playing Dorei to no Seikatsu

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molave @reddthat.com 3mo ago

It’s unanalagous in that HOI4 sanitized itself of the Holocaust specifically so people wouldn’t be able to roleplay committing xenophobic genocide, unlike the game in question which is specifically designed to let you roleplay a pedophile rapist preying on the already abused.

Fair. Follow-up questions:

If someone mods HOI4 to include aspects of the Holocaust and all the other Nazi stuff, does that make this particular copy of the game hate material? (IMO: it would be in areas where Nazi symbolism is banned, similar to how Norwegian law makes Dorei to no Seikatsu illegal there. People's opinions on the material are irrelevant, it's what the law of the land says)
Conversely, if Dorei no Seikatsu hypothetically censors or tones down the graphic/explicit portions, but the story essentially remains the same, would it be considered CSAM in Norway?

However it is tangentially analogous in the sense that anime tends to have a bit of a Nazi bar issue with pedophilia thanks to people (who I’m gonna have to assume are well intentioned) unintentionally making room for pedophiles to exist and operate with arguments just like the ones you’re making here.

I see the concern that pedophiles continue to abuse children. There's degrees of handling the problem, up to and including measures like Chat Control and Britain's Online Safety Act. Now, do the people have the appetite to be subject to those measures?

Which leads to...

Preventing government abuse and corruption is separate from stopping the distribution of CSAM and protecting children from predators.

I don't trust governments eroding privacy and surveilling its people because of predators. They pass those types of measures with other goals in mind.

3mo ago

Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools?

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molave @reddthat.com 3mo ago

Every sixty seconds in Communist New York, a minute passes.