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TheProle

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Reply to cab67 (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:48 PM

7 hrs ago

The use of Wilder’s voice has been recreated with the consent of the Wilder Estate with his wife Karen B. Wilder saying that she is “delighted” to introduce the actor’s “magic to a new generation”.

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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 8 hrs ago OP

Hopefully... 2naSalit 8 hrs ago #1

Was this done in cooperation with Gene Wilder's estate? cab67 8 hrs ago #2

From the OP TheProle 7 hrs ago #3

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

They are not 'trained'... Ohio Joe 2 hrs ago #18

They are trained. That's the term used. highplainsdem 1 hr ago #19

so if the wilder estate is good with it then ... ? good for them, i guess orleans 7 hrs ago #4

Your opinion counts as far as whether it's ethical. IMO it's unethical. It harms all actors if AI replacement highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #5

well, if you want to talk about AI ethics then i agree with everything you said orleans 1 hr ago #20

I hate seeing creatives in one field using AI that rips off creatives in another field, too. The excuses highplainsdem 1 hr ago #21

my approval or disapproval would depend heavily on context. cab67 7 hrs ago #6

johnny depp played willy wonka in a remake back in 2005. i liked johnny depp but i remember hearing orleans 2 hrs ago #17

It's not a very good recreation of his voice. imo. spanone 5 hrs ago #8

I agree. highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #14

It isn't. chowder66 2 hrs ago #16

From Consequence: highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #9

It is grotesque. Kid Berwyn 4 hrs ago #10

It's important to resist it. To make it clear AI's pretense of creativity and humanity will never be acceptable. highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #15

From Vulture (New York magazine): highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #11

The Independent: Netflix faces backlash over AI-recreated Gene Wilder voice for new Willy Wonka competition series highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #12

And Lance Ulanoff, editor of TechRadar and an AI fan, says this misuse of AI "broke" him: highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #13