AI Is Coming for Voice Actors. Artists Everywhere Should Take Note - No one knows how automation will upend all the arts. But the current turmoil in the voice-over industry may offer some hints

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The WalrusAs a voice actor, I know how passionately people can get attached to cartoons, how visceral the sense of ownership that comes from loving a character can be. What if Morgan Freeman has a scheduling conflict or simply wants a new passive income stream and licenses his voice to Pixar for the next decade? The actor in question doesn’t even need to be alive—a few key decisions by a celebrity’s estate and, all of a sudden, contemporary voice actors might find themselves going up against the legendary Mel Blanc for their next gig. With newsroom budgets shrinking and media conglomerates encroaching, trustworthy, fact-based journalism from a Canadian perspective is more needed than ever

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