Ask HN: How do you feel about AI generated voiceover?

3 points by joe8756438 ↗ HN
On the production side, there are obvious benefits. I'm more curious on the receiving side. How do you feel when you encounter AI generated voices in marketing or educational material?

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If it sounds to me like an AI voice, then I start losing interest in whatever content is being presented. I feel like this must be some cheap hack content.

I'm not sure that this is a logical and fair reaction on my part, but it's true nevertheless. Common wisdom seems to be that AI voices will eventually (soon? later today?) become indistinguishable from human voices. I guess we'll see.

One exception could be if, being an AI voice is deliberately integral to the content, or beneficial for aesthetic reasons. For example, a video about, say, future technology that is intentionally using an AI voice for "futuristic" impact.

I skip and swipe up anytime such an obviously AI generated voice starts talking. I've trained the algorithm to stop showing them.