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submitted 2 years ago by Oddbin@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

Let's say we're at a place where personal AI is a thing. You can have it speak with any voice from any person in history or any media without any copyright issues or the like. Who would you want to voice yours?

I'm going to go with a classic, Majel Barratt. When I think of AI, how we use it now and how we could use it in the future, the Computer voice in Star Trek TNG - Voyager seems like a perfect fit.

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[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 20 points 2 years ago
[-] CaptThax@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I can see the VA for Wheatly as my personal AI.

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[-] Oddbin@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

That voice was an inspired choice in Pacific Rim too

[-] Dankenstein@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
  1. Christopher Walken
  2. Morgan Freeman
  3. Denzel Washington
  4. Bruce Willis
  5. Bobcat Goldthwait (he's gotta do the voice tho)

Edit: bonus points if the AI is a little sassy.

[-] zombiepiratefromspace@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

It's likely that most people think of themselves as a should-use-Morgan-Freeman-voice kind of person, when in reality they are a deserves-only-Bobcat-Goldthwait-voice kind of person.

[-] exohuman@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

A sassy Morgan Freeman voice is the perfect option for me as well😋

[-] loops@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] Oddbin@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Classic! Fools will be pitied.

[-] JohnEdwa@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Shohreh would be pretty awesome, though I'd prefer to sprinkle some Quarian voice modulation in there as well.

[-] tanjera@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Shohreh Aghdashlo is definitely my first pick.

[-] livus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Mine as well, and I thought I was being so original before I started reading the answers!

[-] GunnarRunnar@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

I'd probably have it switch itself daily as well as the personality if possible.

I don't need to be attached to a computer person, I'm already addicted to social media enough. Besides, it sounds fun to meet a new "person" everyday.

[-] Otome-chan@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

This is literally the project I'm working on. I have mine voiced as my husbando Impey Barbicane from Code Realize. Though I'm thinking of training a tts on some youtuber voices that I like.

[-] livus@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Lance Reddick (Daniels in The Wire, Commander Zavala in Destiny).

[-] james@lemmy.jamesj999.co.uk 5 points 2 years ago

Majel Barratt is a great shout - I'd probably go for Data or Picard though :). Or maybe Holly from Red Dwarf?

[-] Oddbin@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Oo good choice. Which Holly though, Norman or Hatty?

[-] james@lemmy.jamesj999.co.uk 3 points 2 years ago

A great question. Probably Norman just so he can randomly say "What's happening, dudes?", but Hattie had some pretty good lines too, she could bang her head on the screen to count things.

[-] plactagonic@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Or it will depend on situation - in the morning Queeg wold wake you up, and Holly will read you random facts before going to bed.

[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

The rehabilitation nurse from Frasier played Holly too, in the short-lived US adaptation of Red Dwarf. Seemed like a good fit for her.

[-] Ronno@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

My mom, if it wants me to do things /s

[-] nachtigall@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I want to be commanded by Klaus-Dieter Klebsch (example).

Though for everyday life a smoother voice would be nice, like Janet Varney maybe?

[-] NeatoBurrito@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I would give anything to have Jonathan Van Ness flamboyantly guide me through the day.

[-] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

No one has yet mentioned GlaDOS (a robotized Ellen McLain) or Christopher Lee.

Either would be good.

[-] JWBananas@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Gilbert Gottfried

[-] Connor717@vlemmy.net 4 points 2 years ago

It sounds like Sir David Attenborough and it makes a lot of double entendres.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that" - 2001: A Space Odyssey

Who wouldn't want the first murdering AI as their personal assistant?

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[-] nfld0001@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Pretty tough for me to pick a specific voice. The one non-negotiable for me is that it's gotta have a hint of that digital and computer feel like Iron Man's Jarvis, Interstellar's TARS, or Portal's GLaDOS.

It's cool to hear digital voices getting clearer as time goes by, but there's something to the slight digital artifact that delights me. It appeals to my sci-fi interests, I suppose—makes me feel more like a spaceship captain or something. I already purposely try to pick some of the older sounding voices for stuff like Siri or VoiceOver to get some of that bitcrunch or whatever those qualities sum up to. If I can get that robotic grit while still having an up-to-date voice that can pronounce and annunciate well, that'll be Perfect 🤖👌.

[-] Mummelpuffin@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Same. I feel like it's a reminder that it's a tool, not a person, and not something to be relied on too readily.

[-] shanghaibebop@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago
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[-] fear@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Agent Smith, and he has to be disgusted by everything all the time.

[-] itsgallus@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Stephen Fry speaking into a jug. Wise and collected, with a hint of robot.

[-] TheOlympian@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Charlie Kelly.

AI logic is wildly inconsistent still and I feel like I'd be more understanding of it sounded like Charlie. Plus, I'd be asking it to do a whole lot of work I don't want to do.

[-] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Alan Rickman.

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I don't think I could handle a sexy lady ai so maybe having my own one based on a billionaire I can bully would be nice

[-] InternetUser2012@rammy.site 3 points 2 years ago

At work? Billy Mays. At the bar, Morgan Freeman.

[-] Pack@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Tom Servo. I already installed AI in my Tom (automotom) Servo, now I just have to train the voice.

[-] cowsarecool@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Bernard Hill or Morgan Freeman or Denzel Washington

[-] fadme@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Peter Capaldi, and he needs to swear.

[-] Xariphon@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Samuel L. Jackson, but only if he's allowed to say "motherfucker."

[-] longhand@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago
[-] dune-@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Gilbert Gottfried.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

majel for me.

i once setup a lab of machines (were talkin win98) , and set all of the windows functions to audibly play snips from TNG.. all majel. "booting", "starting program", "shutting down"... it was pretty great... until you get 30 kids doin stuff at the same time sans headphones.

[-] rozno@roznotech.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

The Verity COVAS from Elite Dangerous

[-] CulturedLout@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Werner Herzog

[-] Aikawa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

This probably won't speak to many, but I'd choose Roger Carel, a French comedian, and prolific voice actor, who was the voice of my childhood. I'd love to have Jiminy Cricket as my official conscience.

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