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Patriots-Bears TNF and the AI Art War

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EHere's a different kind of fight: a voice actor on Bluesky posted, 'If you use AI generators, I hate you.'
SThat's it? No nuance, no carve-out for accessibility or quick concept work?
ENo carve-out. Liv Smith, who does voice acting, just put it out there. And it got over three thousand likes.
SI get the anger. Voice actors have watched AI clone their voices without consent, and now studios want to license a synthetic version for a one-time fee.
EBut 'I hate you' is a strong way to win people over. Robert Evans, the journalist, responded by promoting a directory of human artists.
SThat's the smarter play. Give people an alternative instead of just yelling at them.
EI think the anger is the point. It's not a persuasion campaign, it's a boundary. She's saying her labor is not a training set.
SBut the boundary cuts both ways. If a small streamer uses an AI voice because they can't afford a human actor, are they the enemy?
EThat's the uncomfortable part. The technology is cheap and everywhere, and the people using it aren't all villains.
SRight. Some are just broke. But the voice actor's real target is the companies building the models, not the kid making a fan project.
EAnd that's where I land. The hate should go to the executives who decided a voice is a one-time purchase, not a person.
SMeanwhile, another Bluesky user, Alyson Greaves, says this kind of anger is partly why we get such credulous, fawning coverage of AI.
EThat's a leap. But I think she means the backlash makes tech journalists defensive, so they overcorrect.
SOr the hype machine is so loud that any criticism gets drowned out, and people resort to 'I hate you' just to be heard.
EI'll say this: the AI art fight is not going away. It's only getting louder.
SAnd on the security side, Jon Cartwright posted that security is 'non existent in the AI era' and we should be slightly concerned.
ESlightly. Just a touch. Not enough to panic, but maybe enough to check your passwords.
SHe's not wrong that AI makes phishing and social engineering much harder to spot. A voice clone of your boss asking for a wire transfer is a real thing.
EBut 'non existent' is too far. Security teams are using AI too. It's an arms race, not a surrender.
SI think his point is that the average person has no idea how easy it is to fake a voice or a face now.
EThat's fair. The gap between what's possible and what people believe is possible is the dangerous part.
SThat's Prime Time for tonight. More after this.

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