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by sublinear 995 days ago
I have a different take on this.

AI voice is cheaper, but it's also a more boring and generic performance. There is zero progress made towards any sort of creative AI that produces good unique work.

The market for this then is small businesses who can't afford a professional voice actor. AI is opening up new markets, not killing the jobs of the truly talented.
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chefandy 995 days ago
This is the case for all generative "art." The people at the high end will still get paid well. The people who specialize in more utilitarian or low budget tasks in higher volume will take the biggest hit. Nobody who'd planned on hiring Morgan Freeman to do a voice over will be tempted to use AI Morgan Freeman instead.
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aussieguy1234 995 days ago
The MVP might have the free "good enough" AI voiceover, it takes less money to bootstrap a new product that way.

The real product would have a real voice over actor paid for with VC money.

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matteoraso 995 days ago
>There is zero progress made towards any sort of creative AI that produces good unique work.

It's only been a year. Give it some time and I'm sure AI will have much better results. Right now, you can get some of that unique work by finetuning the AI off of a person's existing portfolio.

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