Other actors who provide voices for characters in games and who provide their images to the characters express outrage at the spread of artificial intelligence algorithms that can now generate, for example, dialogue lines that they have not said.
After the outraged Erica Lindbeck (the actress responsible for the voice of Futaba from Persona 5), who was disgusted to discover that videos were being made with her voice generated by AI, Elias Toufexis, an actor who created dubbing for over 20 games, also expressed his opinion on such mechanisms , including for Starfield (Sam Coe) and for Deux Ex (Adam Jensen).
Toufexis stated that using AI systems to generate voices in this way “is theft”, commenting on the creation of a fan mod for Cyberpunk 2077 , which introduces the voice of Adam Jensen from Deux Ex (with new lines never spoken by the actor) to the Polish science fiction game.
“1 – This shouldn’t exist. Do you want my vote? Pay me.
2 – People commonly create mods with Adam Jensen, which shows how popular this character is. And we still don’t have a new Deus Ex. This is madness (…)
AI itself is theft. This simply steals the fruits of the artists’ labor and rearranges them based on what the user is currently requesting. Why do some people want to deprive art of the human element?” wrote Elias Toufexis on Twitter.
At the same time, the actor presented a graphic in which he resembles the characters he voiced, while writing that “much more is coming” . So we’re waiting for more roles to be revealed in which we’ll hear the voice of Toufexis, who recently voiced Sam Coe from Starfield.
A.I. in and of itself is theft. It simply steals from samples written/drawn/performed/captured by actual human artists and gives its own interpretation of the stolen work based on what was asked of it.
Why would you want to remove the humanity from the art?
— ᴇʟɪᴀꜱ ᴛᴏᴜꜰᴇxɪꜱ 🖖 (@EliasToufexis) October 19, 2023
Two things about this.
1- This shouldn't be a thing. You want my voice in a game? Pay me.2- People are making mods of Adam Jensen all over the place, showing how popular he still is, and we haven't made a new Deus Ex. That's insane. https://t.co/DvVAmyiEUc
— ᴇʟɪᴀꜱ ᴛᴏᴜꜰᴇxɪꜱ 🖖 (@EliasToufexis) October 18, 2023
Happy #NationalVideoGamesDay
I have a long history with games…these are a few guys I've voiced or Performance Captured.And more to come! {NDA} pic.twitter.com/wcFWK5UOmi
— ᴇʟɪᴀꜱ ᴛᴏᴜꜰᴇxɪꜱ 🖖 (@EliasToufexis) September 13, 2023
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