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> I remember when OpenAI practically cloned Scarlett Johanssen's voice Except that never happened and the voice belonged to a completely different voice actres

> I remember when OpenAI practically cloned Scarlett Johanssen's voice Except that never happened and the voice belonged to a completely different voice actress and Scarlett Johanssen had exactly zero right to prevent this person from making money as a voice actress lending it to AI. These complaints remind me a little bit of the story that a man complained that his photo was used to illustrate the article about how all hipsters look the same and it eventually turned out it wasn't his photo.

probably_wrong 2y ago
OprnAI says it never happened. They also took the voice down despite having it front and center at release time. And let's not forget that, if they didn't want people to think of Scarlett Johansson, then there would be no reason for their CEO to tweet "Her".
- scotty79 2y ago
  "Her" is a brilliant movie about AI. The tweet was on point. And apparently they didn't give much crap about the specific voice since they taken it down because of mildly bad publicity. It was just supposed to be nice bonus gesture.
sourraspberry 2y ago
They reached out to Scarlett Johanssen. She said no. So they found a soundalike and Tweeted out references to the movie Her (starring Scarlett Johanssen as an AI chat bot) in the days leading up to launch. Scummy as fuck from OpenAI regardless of the technical legal rights and issues involved.
- scotty79 2y ago
  What's scummy about it? If you want a specific kind of voice and approach one person about it but she doesn't agree what's wrong with asking another one? If there were just two blonds in the world, one famous and the other not and you wanted a blonde actress for the role and she said no is it scummy to hire the other one? Is it scummy to hire "discount" Matt Damon instead of Matt Damon?
  - consteval 2y ago
    > what's wrong with asking another one? It's illegal, you can't hire an impersonator and allude to it being the real deal. That's the issue. > Is it scummy to hire "discount" Matt Damon instead of Matt Damon? If you imply you've hired Matt Damon by tweeting something about Matt Damon and your "discount" had a profession as a Matt Damon impersonator, yes. Yes 100%. This is illegal with or without AI. We've literally had these laws longer than the tech.
  - johnnyanmac 2y ago
    >Is it scummy to hire "discount" Matt Damon instead of Matt Damon? If Matt Damon said no (e.g. leaving a paper trail) and you want people to pretend it's Matt Damon anyway, yes. Look up Ford v. Milton. You can't just go behind an artist's back like that. If you want to argue about soundalikes in spinoffs, those are discussed in contracts (and those kinds of figures are making 7+ figures as is, so it's fair on them to choose to let them do that).

probably_wrong 2y ago

OprnAI says it never happened. They also took the voice down despite having it front and center at release time. And let's not forget that, if they didn't want people to think of Scarlett Johansson, then there would be no reason for their CEO to tweet "Her".

scotty79 2y ago
"Her" is a brilliant movie about AI. The tweet was on point. And apparently they didn't give much crap about the specific voice since they taken it down because of mildly bad publicity. It was just supposed to be nice bonus gesture.

sourraspberry 2y ago

They reached out to Scarlett Johanssen. She said no. So they found a soundalike and Tweeted out references to the movie Her (starring Scarlett Johanssen as an AI chat bot) in the days leading up to launch. Scummy as fuck from OpenAI regardless of the technical legal rights and issues involved.

scotty79 2y ago
What's scummy about it? If you want a specific kind of voice and approach one person about it but she doesn't agree what's wrong with asking another one? If there were just two blonds in the world, one famous and the other not and you wanted a blonde actress for the role and she said no is it scummy to hire the other one? Is it scummy to hire "discount" Matt Damon instead of Matt Damon?
- consteval 2y ago
  > what's wrong with asking another one? It's illegal, you can't hire an impersonator and allude to it being the real deal. That's the issue. > Is it scummy to hire "discount" Matt Damon instead of Matt Damon? If you imply you've hired Matt Damon by tweeting something about Matt Damon and your "discount" had a profession as a Matt Damon impersonator, yes. Yes 100%. This is illegal with or without AI. We've literally had these laws longer than the tech.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  >Is it scummy to hire "discount" Matt Damon instead of Matt Damon? If Matt Damon said no (e.g. leaving a paper trail) and you want people to pretend it's Matt Damon anyway, yes. Look up Ford v. Milton. You can't just go behind an artist's back like that. If you want to argue about soundalikes in spinoffs, those are discussed in contracts (and those kinds of figures are making 7+ figures as is, so it's fair on them to choose to let them do that).