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  • It’s a race to the bottom.

    Yes, you can decline to opt in, but the guy next to you (or the guy next to him) will opt in and sell his AI voice package for less than it costs to employ a real person. And unlike a real person, the AI voice package can work 24/7 on 10,000 productions at the same time.

    If anyone can opt in, then no one can really opt out.

    Is this a good thing? For the bottom line of the people making the games, sure. And maybe 3% of that savings will trickle down to the consumer.

    But it’s pretty bad for the voice actors.





  • What you’re saying is a nice thought, but it’s a game theory failure.

    In a perfect world, yes, America would not have elected a narcissistic maniac. But in the real world, we did. And Ginsberg, who knew she was in poor health (had cancer like a bazillion times) opted to take a chance.

    Maybe she just calculated poorly, or maybe this was a magnificent act of putting principle above pragmatism. Either way, Roe v. Wade was still overturned and so much for RGBs legacy. The smart move for an 80 year old woman with colon cancer is to find an offramp that lets her preserve her legacy.

    I get it if you disagree, but I don’t think it’s hard to understand why people blame her at least in part for this mess.












  • Because that’s not the whole story.

    Yes, they can (and have) done a few individually.

    The reason they’ve resisted doing that for the most part is two-fold:

    1. They don’t want to normalize what Tuberville is doing. If they “give-in” and start considering promotions individually, then they signal that any senator can use this as a tool.

    2. They think that what Tuberville is doing is ultimately harmful to Republicans and will help Democrats win more seats in the next election. They will run ads saying that Tuberville and his fellow Republicans are hurting American military members and weakening our military readiness.