James Earl Jones, presumably hedging against his eventual demise, has allowed his voice to be used for things like the Star Wars franchise [0]. Small, independ

James Earl Jones, presumably hedging against his eventual demise, has allowed his voice to be used for things like the Star Wars franchise [0]. Small, independent film makers can now use a skeleton crew to voice parts. I can't imagine it would be anything other than a niche service, but hearing the voice and, potentially, interacting with a chatbot/LLM with the voice of a passed love one. This is off the top of my head. I would also guess that this technology is a stepping stone for other weird, interesting and profoundly helpful uses. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/24/23370097/darth-vader-james-earl-jones-obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-ai-disney-lucasfilm https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/24/23370097/darth-vader-jame...