Discussion

• @thelaurenneal Lauren Neal on x

  👀"...the 91-year-old actor has signed off on archival voice recordings being used by young filmmakers, who plan to utilize [A.I.] synthetic speech technology to recreate Jones' younger voice from his previous films for future Lucasfilm projects." https://variety.com/...

• @avalard Robert J.E. Simpson on x

  James Earl Jones retiring from playing Darth Vader shouldn't be a total shock. He's 91 now. Just how much longer do you think he'd be able to do it anyway? Sounds like they've found the perfect way for his voice to live on forever. https://variety.com/...

• @vampirestildawn @vampirestildawn on x

  This story is so nauseating and I don't really have the words to describe it. An actor's iconic life work should not become a literal ghost in the machine to serve a corporate monopoly's insatiable thirst for product and content. https://twitter.com/...

• @michaelmiraflor Michael J. Miraflor on x

  I have this strange feeling that we're approaching that tipping point of no return where the world just changes in dramatic ways, large and small, because of general AI proliferation. It feels like 1994, before Netscape Navigator came out and changed everything. https://twitter.c…

• @nir_kahn Nir Kahn on x

  as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened https://twitter.com/...

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x

  James Earl Jones has been the voice of Darth Vader for 45 years yet I've not seen him embraced by the fandom or Lucas Film like any other cast member or popular voice actor. I remember noticing him missing in press tours for the prequels in the 1990s. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @footlongshoe Shoe on x

  If Disney is so hellbent on cast consistency in an almost 50 year old franchise, I would honestly rather they pitifully remade the saga with new, young actors instead of removing the last human element the franchise has left https://twitter.com/...

• @aaschapiro Avi Asher-Schapiro on x

  Lucasfilm is using AI to recreate Darth Vader's voice for their Obi-Wan Kenobi film. This article frames the move as heroic—because it involves a Ukrainian audio AI firm—but maybe it's not actually that awesome. https://www.vanityfair.com/...

• @piotr_michael Piotr Michael on x

  Vader is now more machine than man https://twitter.com/...

• @wrexweed @wrexweed on x

  Disney is setting almost every precedent right now for using AI to replace actors and nobody seems to care. https://twitter.com/...

• @parismarx Paris Marx on x

  Actors recreated through VFX, voices recreated through AIs. This all sucks and is going to have consequences the more it's normalized, especially when you have a monopolist like Disney steering it. https://variety.com/...

• @lazlosghost William Friedkin Truths on x

  This is a death knell for the voiceover industry. The repercussions are horrifying. They're 100% going to be using actors' voices after their death. https://variety.com/...

• @sethr Seth Rosenblatt on x

  The state of vocal/audio deepfakes is such that even highly-recognizable, unique voices can be accurately recreated in the middle of a war zone. https://www.vanityfair.com/...

• @kaludiasays @kaludiasays on x

  reading this is very cyberpunk hellscape future....people were trying to survive bombings to recreate the voice of an old man who has retired for a tv show....this feels so wrong.... https://twitter.com/...

• @grantstern @grantstern on x

  I was today years old when I learned that the voice of James Earl Jones as Darth Vader now comes from Ukraine. Invasion or no invasion. https://www.vanityfair.com/...

• @benimated @benimated on x

  I'm honestly conflicted here. At least he was ok with it, but at the same time, just get a damn soundalike instead of your AI zombies We know you have the money, mouse https://twitter.com/...

• @kibblesmith Daniel Kibblesmith on x

  FASCINATING. Robin Williams was the first performer I ever heard of expressly stipulating that his estate *not* do anything like this. So in the future I can tell my kids a real robot does the voice of Darth Vader now but we can YouTube the original guy, he was great. https://twi…

• @mishacollins Misha Collins on x

  “A.I... am your father.” https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @culturecrave @culturecrave on x

  The actor has signed off on using his archival voice recordings to keep Vader alive and vital even by artificial means https://www.vanityfair.com/...