German dubbing artists voice concerns over threat from AI
German dubbing artists on Tuesday spoke out against the threat to their careers from artificial intelligence (AI), reported dpa.
Dubbing is hugely popular in Germany, with many leading Hollywood actors being voiced in German by the same artist across different films.
In a joint video, a number of leading dubbing artists warned that their jobs are at risk of being replaced by AI voices.
Voice actors such as Anke Reitzenstein, Peter Flechtner and Claudia Urbschat-Mingues, who provide German voices for Melissa McCarthy, Ben Affleck and Angelina Jolie respectively, were among those contributing to the video.
The campaign alleges that AI systems have been illegally trained with the voices of German dubbing stars without their consent.
The artists jointly called out: "Let's protect artistic intelligence and not artificial intelligence."
The Association of German Speakers (VDS) trade group, which organized the video, said "the aim is to raise awareness of the danger of human voices being replaced by AI-generated voices that lack empathy, emotional depth and cultural context."
Calling on the public to support the fight against AI dubbing, the group said "concrete measures must be taken to protect a profession that brings foreign-language characters and stories to life and makes the works accessible to all."
Disputes over AI were a major point of contention during the Hollywood actors' strike in 2023.
Dobrodošli na platformu „Globalni medijski internet pregledač“sedmasila.com
Platforma Sedma Sila je velika online baza newspaper medija iz celog
sveta sa tendecijom konstantnog rasta. Projekat je pokrenut u Srbiji
2016 godine od strane nekolicine kreativnih i ambicioznih ljudi.
Platforma je na web-u dostupna za sve korisnike internet mreže od
Septembra 2020 godine. Stalno radimo na razvoju i i unapređenju
jedinstvenog univerzalnog modula koji će biti zajednički za sve online
newspaper medije. Trenutno na World Wide Web ne postoji javno dostupna
kompletna baza svih medija, uređena tako da korisnicima pruži
jednostavan izbor i brz pristup. Vezano za medije, Google, Facebook i
ostali pretraživaći nude drugačiji concep baze u odnosu na Sedma Sila.
Stalno radimo na poboljšanju funkcionalnosti i dizajniranju platforme.
Naša Misija je da medijske informacije dostupne na Webu, prikupimo,
kategorijski uredimo i prezentujemo korinicima kroz „Novi Internet
Concept“.
Nismo zadovoljni onim što smo uradili. To nas pokreće da nastavimo sa
usavršavanjem projekta.