“The replacement of humans by machines is a danger to culture.” Many broadcasters warn this Tuesday, May 21, about the threats that artificial intelligence represents for their profession. Brigitte Lecordier (French voice of Oui-Oui and Goku), Benoît Allemane (Morgan Freeman), Philippe Peythieu (Homer Simpson) and several of their companions challenge the Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati.
“If artificial intelligence replaces us, it will no longer be our voices, human voices, that you will hear in the movies, but rather robot voices that will have been generated by the theft of our voices,” they warn in a video. viral in a few hours on social networks.
“Culture is in danger because AI will no longer invent anything!” They beg.
“So that dubbing in France continues to be a cultural exception”
“Anyone can use it for increasingly credible scams, usurping, for example, your identity,” the actors also point out, while the number of “deepfakes” has been increasing for several months. “Great dubbing comes with great responsibilities,” says Donald Reignoux (Spiderman, Titeuf).
Those who have shaken the childhoods of millions of French people with their work say that more than 15,000 jobs could be threatened and are asking their public for help. “You who are attached to our voices, help us make them heard by our Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, so that dubbing in France continues to be a cultural exception,” they say.
The artists share a petition addressed to the minister, already signed by more than 40,000 people. Coincidentally, this powerful video that has gone viral was published while actress Scarlett Johansson accuses the company OpenAI of having copied her voice to make one of ChatGPT.
In the United States, the fight against artificial intelligence was at the center of the actors’ demands during the historic strike in Hollywood. The agreement signed by the unions after several months of fighting authorizes studios to use AI, but there are several safeguards to protect the status of actors.
Source: BFM TV
