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Acting is an incredibly precarious profession, and even before the pandemic, voice work was how a lot of us kept food on the table.
Narration is a craft, a physical discipline. It requires a knowledge of literature, its interpration and stylistics, psychological insight, the production of different vocal qualities, accents, rhythms, an alertness to the nuances of language and performance - it’s not just about turning text into sound https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/04/apple-artificial-intelligence-ai-audiobooks #Voice #ActorsRights #performance
This is some #UncannyValley shit here. AI voicing will be not only off in ways both subtle and glaring, it will destroy performers’ livelihoods as surely as AI visual art will harm those of visual artists. Unless you want to live in a world where a bare handful of stars, probably descended from other stars, are the only real voices and faces you see and hear on your screens, please consider a boycott on #DigitalNarration https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/05/why-ai-audiobook-narrators-could-win-over-some-authors-and-readers-despite-the-vocal-bumps #BoycottDigitalNarration
@CommonMugwort @pvonhellermannn I cannot stand this idea! Narration is a very fine art. Lots of people—or I guess artificial beings too—can read aloud with a clear and pleasant voice. Fewer can excel to the true nuance required. Storytelling has been an integral part of communities vastly longer than the written word. This idea is just so appalling.