> Being able to re-hire the same actors for future sequels is also not guaranteed.
Wow, it was not in my radar that AI could replace voice actors' jobs, but your comment has opened me to this idea.
To give an example, in Spain (I'm Spanish), in the Simpsons series after several seasons the much beloved voice actor for Homer Simpson died. They had to replace it ofc with another one. Yet, I know that many people in my circle started stopping watching the Simpsons at that time because they couldn't stand the new voice. Regardless of whether the new voice was "worse" or "better", it was certainly different, and we humans get weirded with that.
In light of this, I could see animated pictures with fully AI-rendered voices. Incredible.
I seem to recall a company doing this for NPR personalities. It makes a lot sense -- you have one person doing a boatload of speaking in front of a QA controlled mic, and you generally have their transcripts. Pretty straightforward dataset for training. Sadly, can't find the podcast that discussed this right now.
Yes, just tried to record my voice, but the service didn't finish. Can be a temporal glitch.
The fake voice by Donald Trump is terribly close.
This definitely has a repercussion for fake news and overall trust. We will just not be able to trust what we see (computer-rendered images) or hear (rendered voice).
Wow, it was not in my radar that AI could replace voice actors' jobs, but your comment has opened me to this idea.
To give an example, in Spain (I'm Spanish), in the Simpsons series after several seasons the much beloved voice actor for Homer Simpson died. They had to replace it ofc with another one. Yet, I know that many people in my circle started stopping watching the Simpsons at that time because they couldn't stand the new voice. Regardless of whether the new voice was "worse" or "better", it was certainly different, and we humans get weirded with that.
In light of this, I could see animated pictures with fully AI-rendered voices. Incredible.