So there's an app
called. I'm not going to tell you what's
for reasons that you'll,
you'll discover.
They have deep fakes of voices.
But what I found more interesting
was the fact that you could upload
your own voice.
You upload audio of your own voice,
and then the computer sort of
it does its
Sort of pulls it apart
and then it,
then you can use your use your ..
I apologise if that.
If that was too technical for some of you.
You can type stuff out.
And then it's your voice!
I've just eat..
I've just drunk, a diet Coke.
And there's a lot of stuff going on in my body.
Just checking my meme-stocks.
There
Not good.
But I was like,
I already have my voice.
Like, why would I,
I could just,
you know, it's not,
I wanted to use someone else's voice.
I hit a little snag.
It doesn't want to be able to do that.
Obviously.
I dispute that what happened next
is a hundred percent my responsibility
In order to get a deep fake of a voice.
you have to upload that voice,
All I know is that when I was reading the script
I recognised it,
They've probably changed it by now but
it was the script for Planet Earth
: The BBC documentary.
It's a security measure.
It would be unlikely that you would
be able to find anyone who'd read
those particular words
in that particular order.
And they were right.
Because I could only think of
one person in the world who had.
If you ever get the opportunity
to buy like
a box of 30, um,
Co.
ca-colas Diet Cokes.
Don't
Because you'll just end up
drinking them.
I
almost certainly take partial
responsibility for this,
but I will say that they took
measures to make it impossible
to deep fake
anyone, but the person who read
that script,
but the by-product of that
was that what they really did was just kind of
shine a light on the one person for whom
it was possible.
They're saying "the only audio that
we will accept is someone reading
Planet Earth."
But the subtext of that is really ...
"Deep-Fake that guy."
They made the decision for me.
This was the only way of getting
round the system.
I say, "round"
*using* the system to I don't know,
whatever I have to say to
... mean, I don't get in trouble
just fill in your own...
I pulled up all the Blu Ray disks
five sound channels.
Or five dot one.,
I don't know what the 1 means.
I took away most of the music
and most of the sound effects.
all of Planet Earth
and then I uploaded it
I hit a snag.
The software needs a bit of start saying,
" this is my voice.
.. and
...feel free to use it in any YouTube videos."
Obviously he didn't say that.
And I, I tried to get my people to
but then I realized
That neither of us actually have
Any people
So then I did, you know, what I think
any of us would have done is I, I,
I
I went full on "Sneakers."
I pieced together, sort of, bits of audio
"My voice is my passport,
but harder than the actual
thanthe movie, because obviously, uh,
I didn't have a date
with David Attenborough planned.
There was nothing in the calendar.
Obviously that didn't work.
They really made it look easy on Sneakers
At that point, there was really only one thing to do.
and that was to hire
an impressionist.
I told the guy what I wanted
and he agreed.
He didn't seem to have a problem with
the moral ambiguity,
which was cool
IMPRESSIONIST: Speech that sounds like this voice.
So I tacked that bit onto the start and then submitted it.
Hey Presto,
I had my Attenborough voice.
It's a big responsibility
having
your own personal David Attenborough.
I mean, obviously, initially I thought
it'd be cool if he narrated everything
that I did.
(OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD SOUND OF BISCUIT EATING)
This male has been eating ginger-nut biscuits for an hour.
Very soon, however,
there will be no biscuits left.
If he is to have more biscuits,
he will need to leave the comfort of his home.
He will resent this
It's raining.
Why me?
But then I thought that's not right, is it?
It's a big responsibility.
It's a golden opportunity.
I mean not for me.
(the person monetising this video)
but for David,
For David to say
,probs, what he's always wanted to say
Anyway, this is a deep fake.
So I'm really hoping I won't get in trouble.
The South African Cape Giraffe.
They feed on plant life in the savannas and can reach a height of more than six meters.
Yet the future of these majestic creatures.
Is in jeopardy,
The world's tallest animal has lost 40% of its population in just three decades.
Herds that used to consist of 50 animals
are now rarely found in groups of more than
What's the point you're not even listening are you
You're just sitting at home thinking, "oh, look at the funny orange thing."
"It has a long neck."
I'm so tired.
Tired of talking.
Tired of cameras.
Tired of narrating a day in the life of a walrus.
You enjoy this bit.
Oh you like the stripey horses.
But when it comes to the important bit about the planet dying
you bury your heads in the sand.
So many years
So little effect.
I'm angry.
I'm frustrated.
And, to be perfectly honest, I'm running out of animals to anthropomorphise.
I say the same thing every time.
And it's so much worse than you think.
The BBC will only let me tell you the best case scenario
They're worried you might all go feral
And it would be significantly harder to collect license fees.
So I meant to pretend there's hope
But almost all of the science is in agreement.
Very soon, much of what we take for granted will begin to disintegrate.
And you know how quickly things can unravel.
We couldn't get an Ocado order in
And we almost lost our s**t
Imagine what it will be like when there are failing harvests
leading to massive food shortages.
no medicines and a collapsing government.
Do something.
Do anything.
Or in 10 years you'll see a picture of a bee and think "oh yeah I remember when there were bees."
How many documentaries do I need to make before it sinks in?
It's like I'm talking into the void.
Everything I say goes in one ear and out the other.
Perhaps next time I'll just make it all up.
I doubt anyone would notice
the Fiery Billed Araçari Toucan
it does its
Known for its colourful beak
and propensity to alight on a branch
and forget who it is.
Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight.
But this is not impressive
because ants do not weigh very much.
Crows are some of the cleverest animals on the planet.
We know this because in controlled environments several crows
were able to create Facebook accounts.
Dolphins are cleverer.
We know this because in controlled studies, they consistently
urged the crows to delete Facebook.
Almost all daterpillars want to be butterflies.
However, in a recent poll, two thirds of butterflies expressed regret.
saying life was richer as a caterpillar
An owl can turn its head more than 360 degrees.
but then it falls off.
This accounts for 64% of owl deaths.
Crabs can only walk in one direction.
It's estimated that over the course of a year
a spider will inadvertently swallow an average of four human beings in its sleep.
Penguins can fly. They just choose not to.
In order to move backwards, even by a few feet,
the crab must walk the circumference of the planet.
Because of this
They are often tired.
In 2018 scientists discovered that one in 45 cows
is actually four sheep
pretending to be a cow.
ca-colas Diet Cokes.
Don't
Yeah, I think I could totally get away with it.
almost certainly take partial
responsibility for this,
but I will say that they took
measures to make it impossible
Parody, satire, whatever. I don't know.
Whatever
Whatever I have to say to stop me getting in trouble.
I don't want to get in trouble.