So now technology can serve up realistic audio of Ian Dunt reading his own column – but only in a manner that’s so flat it suggests he’s being forced to do so against his will, hence the removal of all personality from his voice, along with any ability to swear.
Although still sounds like zombie/dead inside/bored robot Ian. (Honestly, I find this use case of ‘AI’ very strange and troubling as well. It’s good that people literally losing their voices might be able to use it in some way. It’s not good that people’s voices are being used without their consent, even if in this case Fake Ian is speaking Real Ian’s actual words, in a manner that comes across like Ian’s been spliced with Marvin from Hitchhiker’s Guide.
For the record - and because people sometimes raise this - I totally did OK this for every article. Hearing the first one was definitely a strange experience.
Fair enough. So it’s with your consent and that’s good to hear. And at least we now know what Interloper Robot Ian Clone will sound like when you’ve locked in a cupboard by some evil mastermind hell bent on limiting the outreach of woke lefty liberal writers. Or something.
Reading of this article in Ian's voice:
https://askwhocastsai.substack.com/p/rwanda-a-day-of-shame-by-ian-dunt
So now technology can serve up realistic audio of Ian Dunt reading his own column – but only in a manner that’s so flat it suggests he’s being forced to do so against his will, hence the removal of all personality from his voice, along with any ability to swear.
Oh, it swears just fine 😄.
https://open.substack.com/pub/askwhocastsai/p/cunted-on-good-friday-by-ian-dunt
Although still sounds like zombie/dead inside/bored robot Ian. (Honestly, I find this use case of ‘AI’ very strange and troubling as well. It’s good that people literally losing their voices might be able to use it in some way. It’s not good that people’s voices are being used without their consent, even if in this case Fake Ian is speaking Real Ian’s actual words, in a manner that comes across like Ian’s been spliced with Marvin from Hitchhiker’s Guide.
For the record - and because people sometimes raise this - I totally did OK this for every article. Hearing the first one was definitely a strange experience.
Fair enough. So it’s with your consent and that’s good to hear. And at least we now know what Interloper Robot Ian Clone will sound like when you’ve locked in a cupboard by some evil mastermind hell bent on limiting the outreach of woke lefty liberal writers. Or something.