The BBC deepfaked Agatha Christie to teach a writing course
BBC 用 deepfake 技術讓 Agatha Christie 來教寫作課

BBC Studios is using AI to recreate the voice and likeness of late detective story author Agatha Christie for the purpose of featuring it in digital classes that teaches prospective writers “how to craft the perfect crime novel.” A real life actor, Vivien Keene, is standing in for Christie, with her appearance augmented by AI to resemble the author.
BBC Studios 正在運用 AI 重現已故偵探小說家 Agatha Christie 的聲音和樣貌，要把這些內容放到數位課程裡，教有志成為作家的人「怎麼寫出完美的犯罪小說」。課程裡會請一位真實演員 Vivien Keene 來扮演 Christie，再透過 AI 修飾她的外表，讓她看起來更像本人。

The new class, called Agatha Christie Writing, is available today on BBC Maestro, the company’s $10-per-month online course service that usually gives you access to content from living professionals teaching things like graphic design, bread making, time management, and more.
這門新課程叫做 Agatha Christie Writing，今天起就可以在 BBC Maestro 上面看到了。BBC Maestro 是他們家的線上課程平台，一個月 10 美元，通常可以學到很多在世的專業人士開的課，像是平面設計、做麵包、時間管理等等。

Deepfaked Agatha Christie’s teachings are “in Agatha’s very own words,” her great-grandson James Prichard said in a press release. It uses insights from the real Christie and is scripted by academics — so the actual content appears to be human-made and not generated from a model that’s been fed all of her work. BBC collaborated with Agatha Christie Estate and used restored audio recordings, licensed images, interviews, and her own writings to make this all happen.
Agatha Christie 的曾孫 James Prichard 在新聞稿裡說，這個深偽版的 Agatha Christie 教的內容「完全是她本人的話」。課程裡用了真的 Christie 的想法，而且是由學者們撰寫腳本，所以實際的內容看起來是人工製作的，不是靠一個把她所有作品都吃下去的模型產生出來的。為了實現這個，BBC 跟 Agatha Christie Estate 合作，使用了修復過的錄音、授權圖片、訪談，還有她自己的著作。

Live now, the class has 11 video lessons with 12 exercises for prospective writing students, including how to “structure an airtight plot” and “build suspense.”
這門課程已經上線了，裡面有 11 個影片課程和 12 個練習，要給想學寫作的學生，內容包括怎麼「建構一個滴水不漏的情節」和「營造懸疑感」。