This is some #UncannyValley shit here. AI voicing will be not only off in ways both subtle and glaring, it will destroy performers’ livelihoods as surely as AI visual art will harm those of visual artists. Unless you want to live in a world where a bare handful of stars, probably descended from other stars, are the only real voices and faces you see and hear on your screens, please consider a boycott on #DigitalNarration https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/05/why-ai-audiobook-narrators-could-win-over-some-authors-and-readers-despite-the-vocal-bumps #BoycottDigitalNarration
Why AI audiobook narrators could win over some authors and readers, despite the vocal bumps

Apple and Google’s AI turn in a booming market may sound less than human and raise the ire of voiceover actors, but it has cost benefits

The Guardian