5 comments

  • rocmcd 2 hours ago ago

    Maybe I'm getting old, but, I have to say, seeing stuff like "Alan Turing™" (a legend and titan of computing history, followed by a ™) really bums me out. I don't believe for one second that any of the deceased people listed here would want their likeness emulated in such a hollow, mechanical, and inhuman way for all of eternity.

  • a2dam 3 hours ago ago

    An enormous bummer of a fact is that Majel Barrett, who was the voice of the computer on Star Trek (along with a number of other roles), did phonetic voice recordings specifically to reproduce her voice, yet nobody has used those recordings to do so. I'd love to see her on this list.

    • squigz 3 hours ago ago

      You mean Lwaxana Troi, Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Riix, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed?

  • flkelfe 3 hours ago ago

    Classic shovel mentality.

    > Request licensing for ...

    Translation: "We'll be your middle man..."

    I find it hard to believe they already have the 'Ok' from Maya Angelou. Maybe I'm wrong.

    • JasonFPath10 3 hours ago ago

      Agreed.

      Regardless of getting the "ok" or not, this use of AI just feels morbid.