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This idea features in Greg Egan's novel "Distress" as one of the dystopian elements.

It's a great novel; but this idea is pretty horrifying.

I’ll have to give that one a read!

For sales and marketing I definitely see HN crowd cringing a bit. However there are a lot of applications beyond such as onboarding, coaching, e-learning where we can build a sense of connection that otherwise wasn’t possible.

Maybe it's a silly question, but do you think that putting a small message at the start or in the corner saying it's computer-generated would help or hurt?

I personally would feel it is less manipulative and think of it higher.. but perhaps your goal is so people never find out?

Not a silly question at all! This is something we're still figuring out- when there should be disclosure that the video is generated. For some use cases (sales) it might hurt, however for others (e-learning) it might not matter at all.

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