Ask HN: How do you feel about AI generated voiceover?

  • If it sounds to me like an AI voice, then I start losing interest in whatever content is being presented. I feel like this must be some cheap hack content.

    I'm not sure that this is a logical and fair reaction on my part, but it's true nevertheless. Common wisdom seems to be that AI voices will eventually (soon? later today?) become indistinguishable from human voices. I guess we'll see.

    One exception could be if, being an AI voice is deliberately integral to the content, or beneficial for aesthetic reasons. For example, a video about, say, future technology that is intentionally using an AI voice for "futuristic" impact.

  • I think it's not bad at all. In fact, I listen to an AI-generated podcast, feel the agi: https://open.spotify.com/show/7n1uUAMbKp8Mt1MOEy6tcd?si=f546...

  • I skip and swipe up anytime such an obviously AI generated voice starts talking. I've trained the algorithm to stop showing them.