next time they come up with furry bait for this game, remember this is what your money's paying for, I'm a Wendell enjoyer like everyone else but you don't have to give em money for it (and the models are always out there in a matter of days for free anyway) - ThreadSky

rileygreenfox.bsky.social • 3 days ago

next time they come up with furry bait for this game, remember this is what your money's paying for, I'm a Wendell enjoyer like everyone else but you don't have to give em money for it (and the models are always out there in a matter of days for free anyway)

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Hey, maybe don't play Fortnite if you care about writers, voice actors, destroying AI, etc. www.theverge.com/news/668349/...

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aureusrexcanum.bsky.social•3 days ago

I dislike this use of AI as much as anyone, but in this case James Earl Jones actually sold Disney the rights to use his voice in AI applications like rhis.

rileygreenfox.bsky.social•3 days ago

oh shit ok fuck my bad man I guess that makes taking a dead guy's voice and letting people fuck around with it perfectly ok suddenly, I'm sure this is exactly what he had in mind

aureusrexcanum.bsky.social•3 days ago

In this case, pretty much. There are plenty of cases of companies using AI to steal actors voices, but this isn't one of them.

rileygreenfox.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don't know how to explain to you that just because something's technically legal doesn't mean it's not disrespectful or morally bankrupt

laggianput.pmd.social•3 days ago

To this day the fact i've never once played fortnite, not a single game, match, or anything else, or ever installed it to any device i've owned is a point of pride to me. And i was a fucking teenager from 2018-2023, so i was fucking *surrounded* by it

makooti.bsky.social•3 days ago

Same ish. I was in my 20s in 2023, but after getting burned by Robocraft shitting the bed and getting my ass beat in Overwatch, I swore off live service PVP games for good.

jejreal.protogen.club•16 hours ago

Where are they publishing the models??

ballblazer1984.bsky.social•3 days ago

Even engaging with characters in that way still ends up acting as a free extension of the brand for the owners of the property they come from, I suppose - as an example, my knowledge of such franchises as Overwatch and FNAF would be even less if it weren't for the artwork made of folks like Mei

rileygreenfox.bsky.social•3 days ago

great point tbh but this community is practically built on taking characters from IPs owned by awful companies and making extremely unmarketable art from them, now I'd LOVE for furry to be fully disconnected from it but we live in a society, at least it makes their lawyers unhappy so that's somethin

sesvanbrubles.bsky.social•3 days ago

Even if him and his estate approved the bastardization of his voice it doesn't make it right. The inauthentic nature of reproducing vocal performances or any art form should deeply offend every artist. It reduces their lives, struggles, and passion into an absolutely worthless novelty.

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