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highplainsdem

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7. That wasn't generative AI, which didn't exist when that film was made. AI voice generators, like

Reply to cab67 (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 03:38 PM

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AI text generators, are trained with a huge amount of stolen data, even if they might be customized later to try to copy a particular writer's style or a particular voice.

Rogue One used CGI and some other digital tech, but not generative AI based on theft.

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This is grotesque. Netflix is using an AI clone of the late Gene Wilder's voice to host a new reality series. [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

Hopefully... 2naSalit Yesterday #1

Was this done in cooperation with Gene Wilder's estate? cab67 Yesterday #2

From the OP TheProle Yesterday #3

That wasn't generative AI, which didn't exist when that film was made. AI voice generators, like highplainsdem Yesterday #7

They are not 'trained'... Ohio Joe Yesterday #18

They are trained. That's the term used. highplainsdem Yesterday #19

Words have meanings... And you are being lied to... Ohio Joe 20 hrs ago #22

so if the wilder estate is good with it then ... ? good for them, i guess orleans Yesterday #4

Your opinion counts as far as whether it's ethical. IMO it's unethical. It harms all actors if AI replacement highplainsdem Yesterday #5

well, if you want to talk about AI ethics then i agree with everything you said orleans Yesterday #20

I hate seeing creatives in one field using AI that rips off creatives in another field, too. The excuses highplainsdem Yesterday #21

my approval or disapproval would depend heavily on context. cab67 Yesterday #6

johnny depp played willy wonka in a remake back in 2005. i liked johnny depp but i remember hearing orleans Yesterday #17

It's not a very good recreation of his voice. imo. spanone Yesterday #8

I agree. highplainsdem Yesterday #14

It isn't. chowder66 Yesterday #16

From Consequence: highplainsdem Yesterday #9

It is grotesque. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #10

It's important to resist it. To make it clear AI's pretense of creativity and humanity will never be acceptable. highplainsdem Yesterday #15

From Vulture (New York magazine): highplainsdem Yesterday #11

The Independent: Netflix faces backlash over AI-recreated Gene Wilder voice for new Willy Wonka competition series highplainsdem Yesterday #12

And Lance Ulanoff, editor of TechRadar and an AI fan, says this misuse of AI "broke" him: highplainsdem Yesterday #13