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This is pretty disturbing, I hope she gets a massive paycheck for this violation.

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[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

This is stealing her voice. It's just plain wrong.

What I really don't understand is, even if you think AI voice is okay, why not just make an original voice? Why you got to steal somebody's voice? Or if you don't want to do that, why not just get consent for the specific thing you're doing? Don't take advantage of the fact that she previously recorded her voice as an aid for the blind and steal her voice because of some small text in a contract. That's dishonest and pathetic.

You're the railway. Do you know how many people love and obsess over trains and railways? There are probably tons of people who would pay to hear an AI version of their voice coming from the train speakers. How did it come to this? How incompetent can you be?

[-] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 23 points 1 week ago

why not just get consent for the thing that you’re doing

I would imagine because consent would require opening the door to paying someone for use of their likeness, and if they were going to pay someone fairly they could just pay a voice actor. The whole thing is a means of getting what they want without paying for it

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

That's not disturbing; that's completely fucked up.

If they want to buy data to use for AI, they can pay someone to license their voice for its use. What they've done is no different to bootlegging, but it's worse because it's personally identifiable data.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Are you trying to imply that large corporations should play by the same rules us plebes are held to? How cute.

[-] Mondez@lemdro.id 1 points 1 week ago

Do they pay people for use of their voice when they get a cheaper voice actor in who sounds just like them?

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