Twitter thread in the link
Henry Schrader:

So, to anyone who doesn’t know, Hi-Rez Studios, the people behind Paladins and Smite, have stated that they will be using AI to clone voices and refused to add in any words to contracts that would protect actors from it. More info in the thread. Please share to other VAs.

  • Dojan
    16·
    3 years ago

    But they’ll still expect you to pay out of your nose for these fake voices. Fantastic.

  • the_qdeleted by creator
    13·
    2 years ago

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    • harmonea@kbin.social
      4·
      3 years ago

      They don’t, if you have a professional enough company wrangling them into the right delivery. I know a game that’s (consensually) replaced a VA for over a year now, and they’re good enough at it that you really forget it’s an AI sometimes. Here’s an example - I bet you can’t tell which of the four is the fake voice. (Even if you don’t understand Mandarin, you can try to discern through tone and delivery.)

      Now, mind you I’m NOT saying Hi-Rez Studios is skilled enough to do it right, nor that it’s right to do this without the actors’ consent. The situation described in the article is pure bullshit scummery.

      But… with the right talent behind the AI gen, they really don’t suck.

        • harmonea@kbin.social
          3·
          3 years ago

          We’ll agree to disagree there. People should be asked for consent to use their likenesses, whether visual or audio.

  • wave_walnut@kbin.social
    1·
    3 years ago

    Is there a provision for paying the actor’s family a performance fee each time he or she performs in a synthetic voice after his or her death?