Voice Preservation Programs & What it Could Mean for the Future

[Dejablue]

First off. The Bronies have made something useful?

https://www.equestriadaily.com/2020/...ect-using.html

It is called the Pony Preservation Program but it can be used for any character, as long as there is enough data to collect, even after the VA is long dead people could, theoretically, continue to use their voice. The legality of this is a dark void of terror but still I find the idea of Techno Necromancy intriguing.

A new "Pony Preservation Project" Spawned out of the fires of 4chan's pony board and being headed by someone going by the name of "15" over here, is using neural networks to build their voices electronically, so we can force our favorite characters to say anything. At the moment, they all sound pretty robotic, but they are getting closer and closer to re-creating them.

Sure Robo Twilight sounds like...a robot. But I've actually heard earlier attempts, and now she sounds much more natural. It's only a matter of time before they figure out how to make the voice sound even more natural. Imagine bringing the voices of long dead actors back to life to star in new shows. Like Lorenzo Music, the original voice of Garfield. We could forever preserve the voices of older VAs who may not be too much longer with us like Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, and even the beloved voice actors of the TMNT 87 cartoon. This was made by some dudes on 4chan. I can't imagine what could happen if done by industry professionals.

It's something to think about, even if we all know this technology will just be used for degeneracy.