If you use an AI voice for videos, you are not against AI

Hello! 

Recently I have had a large amount of "ranters" on my social media pages. A lot of these ranters make really excellent argues, and I agree with a lot of the things that they talk about. However though, I can't help but notice that a lot of them talk about how people should not be using AI because it is bad for the environment and society etc. Yet they do this while using an AI voice over?

If you claim to not support AI then that means that you shouldn't be using it? Using an AI voice is just as bad as generating images with AI. A lot of people would argue that it is not since generating AI art is "replacing artists", while AI voice over could never take over real voice actors. Here's the thing though; if you look back to how AI voice overs sounded back in 2020, and compare it to now, there is a lot of improvement, right? If we continue to use and support the use of AI voice over, some day it probably will replace voice actors. 

Especially people who use AI voices that replicate character voices. You are taking a voice actor's voice without their permission and running it through AI to make it say whatever you want it to. A lot of voice actors have expressed that this makes them uncomfortable, yet I still see so many of these "rants" using generative AI voices to replicate certain actor's voices.  

If you are really against AI, then don't use an AI voice over. It may seem like a small thing that doesn't impact people much, but in the long run it does matter. I love hearing human voice overs. It has so much more personality, especially in a world where AI voices are so normalized everywhere. 

-Millie