{"id":124385,"date":"2021-06-28T20:22:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T03:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/video-game-voice-actors-alarmed"},"modified":"2021-06-28T20:22:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T03:22:16","slug":"video-game-voice-actors-alarmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/video-game-voice-actors-alarmed","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Voice Actors Alarmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/video-game-voice-actors-alarmed2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part of the problem mirrors the rise of automation in any other industry \u2014 performers told <em>Input<\/em> that they\u2019re nervous that game studios might try to replace them with sophisticated algorithms in order to save a few bucks. But the game modder\u2019s decision also raises questions about the agency that performers have over their own voices, as well as the artistry involved in bringing characters to life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is true, this is just heartbreaking,\u201d video game voice actor Jay Britton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayBritton\/status\/1381633447563776002\" class=\"\">tweeted about the mod<\/a>. \u201cYes, AI might be able to replace things but should it? We literally get to decide. Replacing actors with AI is not only a legal minefield but an utterly soulless choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not remove all human creativity from games and use AI\u2026\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the problem mirrors the rise of automation in any other industry \u2014 performers told Input that they\u2019re nervous that game studios might try to replace them with sophisticated algorithms in order to save a few bucks. But the game modder\u2019s decision also raises questions about the agency that performers have over their own [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1509,41,1496,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-information-science","category-law","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}