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‘Peppa Pig’ Causes AI Stink: Concern as Beloved Hasbro Series Asks Child Actors to Sign Over Their Voices to Artificial Intelligence (deadline.com)
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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

How about just hire another kid so another kid can get paid instead of paying an already well-paid kid more It's an option, they do it all the time now. Lots of people don't care for the voice changes, but in kids shows, it is less of a problem.

How about when VO actors age out? What if they can sit on real cash into retirement?

and then the company getting to make all the money off it from then on?

No, that lease is per year. They kid keeps making the money because they own the rights to the voice. The AI reproduction hardly costs the production company anything, the child actor makes a reliable income while the show is still usable.

[–] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 12 hours ago

How about when VO actors age out? What if they can sit on real cash into retirement?

They can pivot to acting in other roles.

No, that lease is per year. They kid keeps making the money because they own the rights to the voice.

At this step of the machine that never ceases attempting to encroach further and further into our rights in the name of profit. Don't count on it staying that way if we let this encroachment stand.