0038: Dr. Robert Pondillo: The Ethics of AI Voices

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Hey there, hero!

I wouldn't be where I am today without mentors, and one of my most valuable mentors is Dr. Robert Pondillo. I grew up listening to him when he was the nighttime DJ on a station he eventually helped me get a show on, 1220/WGAR in Cleveland. It's safe to say he was instrumental in my success.

He went on, after he retired from radio, to return to school for his doctorate in Mass Communications, and taught that for many years at Middle Tennessee State University. He often lectured on the state of media, and as a talent himself, has a particularly interesting viewpoint on how we operate as VO artists.

I had the chance to talk with him regarding the use of AI voices in the documentary about Anthony Bourdain, called Roadrunner - the director used what some have called unethical and misleading production techniques to put words in Bourdain's mouth that he wrote, but never actually said. He did this using an AI voice generator.

You probably are concerned about the ethics, and even the use itself, of AI voices in the various categories of VO work we now perform live as humans.

Listen in as Bob gives me his take on this industry-changing development.


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