‘The Simpsons’ actor Hank Azaria expects AI will replace him soon: “It makes me sad to think about”
https://www.nme.com/news/tv/the-simpsons-actor-hank-azaria-expects-ai-will-replace-him-soon-it-makes-me-sad-to-think-about-3835712
‘The Simpsons’ actor Hank Azaria expects AI will replace him soon: “It makes me sad to think about”
https://www.nme.com/news/tv/the-simpsons-actor-hank-azaria-expects-ai-will-replace-him-soon-it-makes-me-sad-to-think-about-3835712
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>He wrote: “I imagine that soon enough, artificial intelligence will be able to recreate the sounds of the more than 100 voices I created for characters on *The Simpsons* over almost four decades. It makes me sad to think about it. Not to mention, it seems just plain wrong to steal my likeness or sound — or anyone else’s”.
>He used the example of Moe as an example: “A.I. could have access to 36 years of Moe, the permanently disgruntled bartender. He’s appeared in just about every episode of *The Simpsons*. He’s been terrified, in love, hit in the head and, most often, in a state of bitter hatred. I’ve laughed as Moe in dozens of ways by now. I’ve probably sighed as Moe 100 times. In terms of training A.I., that’s a lot to work with”.
We could have procedurally generated Simpsons, like Seinfeld
AI will replace most jobs accross the board and anyone in the creative space will feel it worse
Recreation doesn’t mean replacement to me. AI voices wouldn’t exist without the people they’re trained on.
I want more real voice actors bringing creative performances to animation and games. That’s why SAG-AFTRA is important.
In Neil Stephenson’s Diamond Age, he imagined a future where AI voices would not be genuine enough, and a market for voice acting.
Well, the simpsons have become very formulaic, almost bland type of art so yeah, I think AI will probably be able to recreate it. But, it’s impossible for AI to write something like Lolita or paint a rembrandt, in no absolute moment in time because that type of art stems from the passions, the sentiment, from conscience… and AI will never have that.
That would probably make the most sense, while they could recast it’s never going to sound right let alone they would need a huge volume of people to replace just a few.
I’m waiting to see them either do test runs for Millhouse or bring the ghost of Mrs. Krabapple in.
Lets be clear, they have the tech to do this yesterday if they wanted. Microsoft created a tool that can fully mimic your voice & cadence from a sample and they killed it because they realized the scam potential for such a program. The future is fucked.
Man, Marge has been sounding like Patty and Selma for the last 5 seasons.
It’s time.
It will be sad.
But, if this ends up being the way of these shows, I will 100% stop watching them.
And if it gets so bad across all live tv channels that most or even half are AI generated, I’ll stop my tv sub all together.
It’s already gone up by 12$ a month with my favorite channel being removed to a seperate pay service. Comedy Centtal.
With absolutely nothing added worth its weight in salt.
“Hello Smithers. You’re quite good at turning me on.”
Hank is probably the youngest cast member at 60. I wouldnt be suprised if some of the cast retires and just lets ai take over.
I am okay with this. I hope actors get replaced too. For mentions the fantasy hearing the same voice and seeing the same face. This is one of the reasons I love animated shows because faces dint really repeat. But I am starting to get the voice fatigue. Is like there are only 10 actors in the whole world that can do the voice
Wasn’t there an article just yesterday of Hank Azaria saying how AI *can’t* replace him?