But not everybody is happy.
The threat to voiceover artists is real.
There are alreadytools that spit out entire audiobooks in minutes.
Voice actor recording in-studio.Smile/Getty
The AI tool matches the tone in the sentence so the new word sounds natural when added.
However, I never use my cloned voice to record entire voiceovers.
My cloned voice is less expressive and emotive than my real one."
Voice actor recording.andresr/Getty
Trash Talk
The downside of cloned voices is thatthey can be used to scam people.
Easy voice cloning can result in significant privacy and security risks.
But that’s just one product.
The proliferation ofAI voice clones has very real dangers.
I sent cloned voice notes to several friends and family as a test.
None realized it was a clone!"
This story neatly encapsulates the entire promise andmenace of AI voice cloning.
It’s miraculous, and AI tools can be genuinely transformative.
But there’s a definiteletting-the-genie-out-of-the-bottle aspectto it all.
“Easy voice cloning can result in significant privacy and security risks.
This gives rise to moral questions about consent and how this technology might be used for malicious purposes.”
