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0 pointsvisarga1y ago0 comments

> Stolen voices matter because what's being stolen here is the authors likeness

There is not enough voice space to accommodate everyone. Authors would like to fence off and own their little voice island. For every voice there are thousands of similar ones.

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wpm1y ago· 2 in thread

This was fine 10 years ago because I would, if I wanted to get an impersonator of someone's voice who carries a lot of weight, I'd have to go through to the work of hunting them down, finding out if they were willing, paying them, or I guess having tons of children and waiting decades and hoping their voice is right for what I need.

Now I can sit at a computer and spend a few hours doing it.

You are completely blowing past the facts of what a person's voice is, and the value it has if that person is someone special to a lot of people. Are there people out there who can do spot on Obama impersonations? Of course. Is the former President not wanting someone who sounds like him to pretend to be him to endorse a local candidate trying to unfairly "fence off" too much of the "voice space"? Give me a break.

visargaOP1y ago

This is not about impersonation, it's about having a similar voice while using it to create new things.

consteval1y ago

> This is not about impersonation

It's 100% about impersonation. We've already seen AI voices get used for impersonation countless times.

Because, in a typical fashion of what AI proponents miss, the voice itself doesn't matter. What matters is the human quality the voice represents! If a voice sounds like person X and person X is trustworthy, then I (either implicitly or consciously) will believe the product they're endorsing is probably good.

This is why we get famous people and experts in commercials. This isn't new, we can just do it without any honesty now.

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