BALDUR’S GATE 3, AMELIA TYLER AGAINST AI: USE WITHOUT PERMISSION SHOULD BE ILLEGAL,The gaming industry has not welcomed the use of Artificial Intelligence in the production of titles in development: just think, for example, of the concerns of the voice actors of FF 16, The Witcher and Baldur’s Gate 3 . This last title, however, is at the center of another controversy against AI.
Amelia Tyler, the actress who received a nomination in the “best performance” category at this year’s BAFTAs for her work in Baldur’s Gate 3, has said that AI voice cloning should be illegal. This statement was born following an unpleasant event that happened to her: ” people recreated my voice in AI without my permission and that of many other actors in the game “, says Tyler, referring to the aforementioned Baldur’s Gate 3.
BALDUR’S GATE 3, AMELIA TYLER AGAINST AI: USE WITHOUT PERMISSION SHOULD BE ILLEGAL,It is not the first time that the name of GOTY 2023 Baldur’s Gate 3 appears in reference to the industry’s clash against these technologies: not many weeks ago the authors of Baldur’s Gate 3 said they preferred writers to ChatGPT , but in this case there There’s a lot more to discuss.
“I’ve had really bad experiences, like joining the stream of someone who was using text to speech software, trained to imitate my voice, and gave control of this software to their chat. I joined this stream because someone told me had warned and I heard my voice reading and commenting on pornographic material. This is the level of things we’ve had to deal with since the game came out, and it’s been horrible, honestly.”
Precisely for this reason, the actress of Baldur’s Gate 3 wants these uses of AI made illegal . What do you think of the story that happened to Tyler?