Taylor Swift speaking fluent Pǔtōnghuà or 普通话

Taylor Swift speaking fluent Pǔtōnghuà or 普通话

 

           As the author Zhao Yuanyuan  suggest “Taylor Swift can do everything … except she can’t (actually) speak Chinese [Meta-link] (at least not in this instance). In our world of deepfakes[1] eventually some clever organization would come up with a deepfake like this (access attached link[2]). Hey, if the billionaire corporate magnet  Elon Musk[3] can be successfully emulated why not Taylor Swift[4]? That said whose fair game, anyone in the public domain (who defines public domain anyway) like say politicians[5] or social media[6] influencers. But of course this tool is only going to be implemented for mundane purposes like movie translation [7]and advertising[8].

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[1] Viliasenor, J. (2019, February 14). Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and the uncertain future of truth. Brookings; The Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/artificial-intelligence-deepfakes-and-the-uncertain-future-of-truth/

[2] Yuanyuan, Z. (2023, October 27). Deepfake Mandarin-speaking Taylor Swift goes viral in China, prompting mixed reactions. The China Project. https://thechinaproject.com/2023/10/27/deepfake-mandarin-speaking-taylor-swift-goes-viral-in-china-prompting-mixed-reactions/

[3] Musk, E. (2023, September 8). Interesting. X (Formerly Twitter). https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1700030252960121277

[4] Eras Tour success makes Taylor Swift a billionaire. (n.d.). USA TODAY | New York Post, Page 6; @ 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2023, from https://www.usatoday.com/videos/entertainment/celebrities/2023/10/27/taylor-swift-reaches-billionaire-status-with-eras-tour-success-report/71346768007/

[5] Marzulli, J., & Blustein Hass, D. (2023, October 18). Eastern District of New York | Social Media Influencer Douglass Mackey Sentenced after Conviction for Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race | United States Department of Justice. Www.justice.gov; U.S. Attorney’s Office - Eastern District of New York. The Defendant: DOUGLASS MACKEY Age: 34 West Palm Beach, Florida E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 21-CR-80 (AMD). https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-sentenced-after-conviction-election.

[6] Tenbarge, K. (2023, April 20). China’s crackdown on deepfakes doesn’t stop its apps from finding U.S. audience. NBC News; © 2023 NBC UNIVERSAL. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/chinas-crackdown-deepfakes-doesnt-stop-apps-finding-us-audience-rcna77423

[7] Yan, W., Sixth Tone, & Wright (Translator), L. (2021, March 31). The complex legacy of China’s cinematic pirates | MR Online (K. O’Donnell & C. Yiwen, Eds.). Mronline.org; Monthly Review Foundation. https://mronline.org/2021/03/31/the-complex-legacy-of-chinas-cinematic-pirates/

[8] Anderson, C. W. (2021). Propaganda, misinformation, and histories of media techniques. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-64