Turing Testings
Like “Goldie Boone,” whom I wrote about here last month, “Luna Azul” (above right) is a fake singer. Pure AI. Her music too, I suppose. I’m sure of it. But neither artist nor music are identified as AI-generated. “New music every week,” Luna’s YouTube channel says. At first, I thought she traced to this site in Austria. Digging around there, I also found this girl (obvious AI image—she’s too good-looking) singing a breathy love song. Same with this French girl, this pianist, and… this Emily Linge cover of a Beatles song? Emily seems real, maybe. Is she?
The MyTube “About Us” page I’ve been perusing is assembled by Christian Kumhofer, of Purkersdorf, Austria. He describes it as his video collection, funded by donations. As for Emily Linge, there is a soprano singer by that name who is clearly not the one in all the YouTube videos. Here’s the Emily Linge YouTube page. And I see she has at least one biographic profile. But her work sounds like real session tracks with faked singing and visuals. (A tell: too well-lit.) But hell, I dunno, and I’m packing for travel so I’ll stop now. You tell me.
And loved them all
Among Money Inc.’s wealthiest college towns, I’ve lived in numbers 2, 3, 4, 10, 13*, and 20. I’ve also had good hang times in 5, 9, and 15. Oddly, I’ve never been to #1, and I grew up in both North and South Jersey.
*Same as 2, really.
Been there and
I agree with this.
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