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John McChesney-Young

Project Gutenberg produced thousands of audiobooks voiced by AI
qz.com/project-gutenberg-ai-to
I listened to about a minute of one of these and although it wasn't terrible, it wasn't nearly as good as the couple of recordings I've heard. I only very rarely listen to audio books but I expect connoisseurs would find the AI recordings even more problematic, even apart from the silicon scabbing.

Quartz · Project Gutenberg has implemented one of the worst AI fears of striking actorsBy Julia Malleck