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The performers are worried, however, that unchecked use of AI could provide game makers with a means to displace them — by training an AI to replicate an actor’s voice, or to create a digital ...
Magee said the experience has opened doors to a range of acting experiences that don't involve AI — including a role in the upcoming strategy game Godsworn. Voice actor Zeke Alton, whose credits ...
Striking video game voice actors and motion-capture performers held their first picket on Thursday in front of Warner Bros. Games and said artificial intelligence was a threat to their professions.
That type of ethical dilemma has recently surfaced with game “mods,” in which fans alter and create new game content. Last year, voice actors spoke out against such mods in the role-playing game “Skyrim,” which used AI to generate actors' performances and cloned their voices for pornographic content.
AI has been explored as one solution to mitigate the rising development costs of games, including costs associated with hiring voice-over and motion capture actors. According to sources, motion capture studios may charge $500-$2000 per hour, [ 8 ] and a unionized voice actor may make $450-$2000 per hour. [ 9 ]
Replica, which says it aims to build “the world’s greatest library of AI-powered voice actors,” would be able to license AI voices for video game development and other media projects.
Voice actors say they fear AI could reduce or eliminate job opportunities because the technology could be used to replicate one performance into a number of other movements without their consent — a concern that led video game performers with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists to go on strike in late July.
A new deal between the actors' union and an AI startup opens the door for performers to make and license "clones" of their voices for video games and other digital projects.