voice cloning is a tool, it is not necessarily evil, even though the scenarios it can be used for nefarious purposes outnumber the legitimate ones.

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bakies 7 hours ago | parent [-]

is the legit ones just like... putting carrie fisher in star wars?

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gegtik 6 hours ago | parent [-]

usually people bring up anyone who is losing physical control of their voice faculties, so they can have a synthetic voice that matches their natural voice

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jolan 6 hours ago | parent [-]

As an example of this, Sarah Langs uses a synthesized voice due to the progression of her ALS symptoms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Langs

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simonw 6 hours ago | parent [-]

The iPhone has a built in voice cloner hidden in the accessibility settings for exactly this use-case: creating a backup of your voice in case you need it in the future.

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