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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

5 hrs ago

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 7 hrs ago OP

Hopefully... 2naSalit 7 hrs ago #1

Was this done in cooperation with Gene Wilder's estate? cab67 6 hrs ago #2

From the OP TheProle 6 hrs ago #3

That wasn't generative AI, which didn't exist when that film was made. AI voice generators, like highplainsdem 5 hrs ago #7

They are not 'trained'... Ohio Joe 54 min ago #18

They are trained. That's the term used. highplainsdem 45 min ago #19

so if the wilder estate is good with it then ... ? good for them, i guess orleans 6 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 6 hrs ago #5

well, if you want to talk about AI ethics then i agree with everything you said orleans 16 min ago #20

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

johnny depp played willy wonka in a remake back in 2005. i liked johnny depp but i remember hearing orleans 1 hr ago #17

It's not a very good recreation of his voice. imo. spanone 4 hrs ago #8

I agree. highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #14

It isn't. chowder66 1 hr ago #16

From Consequence: highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #9

It is grotesque. Kid Berwyn 3 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 2 hrs ago #15

From Vulture (New York magazine): highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #11

The Independent: Netflix faces backlash over AI-recreated Gene Wilder voice for new Willy Wonka competition series highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #12

And Lance Ulanoff, editor of TechRadar and an AI fan, says this misuse of AI "broke" him: highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #13