#support voice actors

[purple-link]

So the Darth Vader AI thing in Fortnite is relatively harmless (except for ecologically, perhaps), and is mostly one of the currently few ethical ways to be implemented, after James Earl Jones consented to signing off his voice for use in future shows (with perhaps some additional use with real voice acting).

However, its current use is why you can't beat real voice acting.

When you address him in game, he replies in a cold monotone. There's no inflection, no intonation, just a flat reply. Even in the movies, including Rogue One, in which he made a brief appearance, you could tell it was really James Earl Jones doing it.

He's such an emotional response. James Earl Jones actually doing the voice in the movies has such a dark, deep, almost bleeding, like a cut, sort of voice. He's not friendly. He's not your friend.

AI Vader in the game, as ethical as his use is here, still only sounds like the spoon pickaxe he came with.

I really hope they don't use ai voices in place of real people for characters, even though this implementation of it is the least harmful. However, you just can't beat real voice actors, for real.

[cajapey]

Hey, here's a link to a petition for the SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike.

Please sign and support VAs in video games.

[himluv]

CANCEL YOUR AUDIBLE SUBSCRIPTION

Well, friends. If you haven't cancelled your audible membership yet, now is the time.

I just cancelled my membership and left a polite rant in the feedback box to tell them EXACTLY why I cancelled and that I'd be moving to their competitors libro.fm and my public library's apps.

I STRONGLY encourage you do the same.

SUPPORT HUMAN CREATORS. SUPPORT NARRATORS. SUPPORT AUTHORS.

and above all

FUCK AI!

[gamerartistfan08]

Fanart of CyYu and Wasabee!

Hi guys how you all doing?

Lately I’ve been watching a streamer VTuber name CyYu (Alejandro Saab), who is a voice actor, gamer and funny guy. Been a fan of his for a while now and today I decided to draw a fanart of CyYu with his little bee Wasabee in Earthbound (Mother 2)style.

Hope this artwork is decent enough for a fanart.

Also want to shout out to support the video game voice actors who are on strike because of AI for they bring life to all of the fictional characters we love! Voice acting from people is art and soul, nothing AI has.

Have a great day guys, bye! 👋

[neryscrossoverparty]

Ban AI Now! If you sign this... i wil give you a hug

I'm So Friendly aren't i?

[cassiecasyl]

The way DS9 2x25 predicted the dangers of AI voice imitation/stealing. This episode is from 1994. THEY WARNED US

[itstartswithyouuuu]

Just because I'm pro capitalism doesn't mean that I want art to lose its meaning or anyone on this site out of a job.

[purple-link]

I really don't like the idea that people think AI Darth Vader isn't taking anyone's jobs, and that SAG AFTRA is just being bullies.

An argument some people are putting out is that they don't care that actors are losing out on jobs and to call them when ai takes real jobs.

Okay fine, enjoy watching robot Bruce Willis interact with robot Milla Jovovich in real time in a way that's flat, uninteresting, and unsurprisingly derivative

MEANWHILE BILL PULLMAN'S SON JUST GAVE ME THE BIGGEST DAMN TEARJERK I'VE HAD IN A WHILE AND AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT WAS ALL SHOT IN CAMERA

No one

is replacing

actors

period.

[deathbyattrition]

You know, when this whole AI art, deepfakes and other shit began, I was scared that the responsibility of convincing people that it can and will be used unethically would fall on the shoulders of small artists who would not be taken seriously. I expected change in the art world to be a slow, creeping transition into inevitable demise.

What I did not expect was hollywood studio execs doing that job for us by being so cartoonishly evil, impatient and releasing statements like "We're gonna starve you until you agree to work with us lol" and "We're gonna take your likeness and use it forever. You will be paid with jack and shit."

I also did not expect AI bros doing the same job for us by harassing a voice actor off of twitter.

[the-experimental-writer]

Fuck Tim Cain and fuck AI

Tim Cain (Fallout 1 and 2, Arcanum, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, The Outer Worlds) discusses his view of the use of AI in game development.

Note he worked in and with early neural net algorithms in the early 90s.

(Also if you like a video game but are not subscribed to his channel, what is your life? This guy is the nearest thing gaming has to a Stan Lee. You need to hear his stories.)

[everwalldigan]

I’m not really into arcane like that but I’ve watched s1 with my friend, who has been reporting to me the really abrupt tonal changes in the show and the many contradictory directions to the first season that the political scene in the show has taken.

I really can’t help but notice that those certain tonal changes seem to be very conveniently aligned with the values that a certain state has been trying to push in western media since October last year…. It honestly really sounds like the original season 2 plot was scrapped in favour of turning it into bland propaganda as a way to desensitise people to what’s actually happening in the world (through “humanising” the real life perpetrators’ actions by cloaking them in the skins of established beloved characters (AND ITS WORKING!! YALL ARE FALLING FOR IT!!! WHAT THE FUCK?) because the talking points both in the show and the fandom ESPECIALLY are really starting to sound familiar and it’s actually maybe kinda terrifying.

I’m very open for CIVIL discussion on this, I’m just giving my opinion as a third, comparatively unbiased party because I’m not emotionally attached to the show. I’m not outright saying s2 is outright propaganda for that state. What I AM saying is that you should not trust any creators who claim their work isn’t political because ALL ART IS POLITICAL (that statement in itself is political) and the way you interact with it is too, by association. Consume media with a critical lens please I’m begging.

[dragon-creates]

We want to voice your oc’s!

Come check us out!

[arthursfuckinghat]

It's so nice to see people supporting the red dead actors through streamily and cameos, even if it's just to have autographs or questions answered, it's really good to see the cast get support through these means

[monkey-wrench-series]

Monkey Wrench EP 4 Voice acting showcase!

All voices have been recorded and are being engineered by our beast of an audio engineer dbPony, in the mean time, if you're curious you can head on over to the series patreon to check out our stellar cast!

The more patreon support we can raise the sooner we can get this ep finished. And, if by some miracle, we break $10k a month in patreon support we can return to fully animated episodes!

Wouldn't THAT be something~?

[anyacad0]

Joshua Waters is single-handedly carrying the “dialogue cutscenes should be more animated” argument because Phainon’s facial expressions for most of 3.3 were not even close to the level of emotion in his voice