I see ads all the time now using various famous actors voices for spamming cammer crap. If someone didn’t know better they would absolutely think these actors were shilling the stuff.
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qooqie@lemmy.world 9 months agoMaybe a few different things, one requires physical effort and skill the other, while impressive tech wise, is relatively easy to use and replicate. The other reason is probably because it’s easy to abuse as we’ve already seen with other news about “fans of x celebrity get scammed by deepfake”. And another even if it’s not a scam using their voice for financial gain is really easy
MajesticSloth@lemmy.world 9 months ago
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Well, scams are unethical regardless of method used. It would equally unethical even if done by a human. So that’s not the difference.
And Impersonators are already profiting off of someone else, since they’re specifically hired to mimic someone.
And the other points you mention all boil down to being ethically wrong because it’s easy, which doesn’t really make any sense IMO. why is a thing ethically wrong just because it’s easy?
tonyn@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Social animals like us invent ethics. It all comes down to what most people find appalling vs what most people find acceptable. A lot of that comes down to empathy. How would you feel if it was done to you?
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Impersonating my voice? Not really something I have an issue with as such. From the article they are using the voice of the actor to impersonate a fictional character. If someone used my voice to create a fictional character that neither acts or looks like me, I probably wouldn’t have an issue with it.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Are you a voice actor whose income relies on selling their voice performances? You might care then when companies just use a bot to make your voice while you go broke on the street.