People say that this is more ethical than using AI. If this is really possible it may be hard to do?

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[–] 32 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

The voice of a fictional character is the voice actor.

Yes, voice actors can be imitated without AI, like Rick & Morty recently did when they replaced the VA of the main characters with two different VAs. A lot of people didn't even notice it.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    Erm… fictional characters get voiced by voice actors who get paid for the work they do, and using AI to recreate their own unique voice that they themselves created would steal their job.

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  • [+] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's almost like OP had learned about AI impressions before hearing that impressions have been a thing for far longer than we've had AI to imitate voices. No judgement here, just fascinating.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You've never heard of people doing impressions before?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I didn't know that this is somewhat common...

    So it is not hard to imitate a voice?

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  • We were performing arts geeks, but my group in high school sat around doing king of the hill imitations one month. Whoever did the best "Dangit Bobby!" didn't have to buy coffee. It's something anyone can learn, but it takes work to get good at.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    It's possible and pretty common in the Voice Acting industry. Many characters have outlived their VAs such as Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Winnie the Pooh, Kermit the Frog, etc.

    Subsequent VAs do impressions of the original voice. Largely these impressions are exceedingly close to the original voice and people hardly notice the change

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