The convergence phase of any new technology, where individual innovations are brought together to drive new use-cases, is usually where things become most interesting.
Recently, HeyGen labs released a beta of a video translation service that shows some of that potential. It is not flawless or live yet, but it shows some of what our future holds, and in that context, it is truly fascinating.
As I say in the video, “Imagine this in realtime, in online meetings, in customer support, with an LLM hooked into your internal documentation helping clients, teaching kids, helping patients.”
But let me know what you think of my new language skills. Am I passable, or still in beta?
Original text
“Hi language teachers from high school.
This is me again. The talkative guy with no sense of proper grammar that, as one teacher put it, “would probably get along in any language”
I’m back, but this time AI is helping me seemingly speak any language. I still can’t tell if my grammar is correct, but even if it is not, I’m sure it is just a matter of months before AI figures that out too.
Think of this in realtime. In online meetings. In customer support. With an LLM hooked into your internal documentation helping clients. Teaching kids. Helping patients. In any language.
Nobody knows where AI is taking us. We only know that it is going fast. The components are maturing every day. The convergence opportunities are multiplying.
You may not have an AI strategy today. You may not think you need one yet, and maybe you don’t.
But you will have one soon. Until then, I will practice my new language skills. Who knows that they might be useful for.”