Hank Azaria expressed his fear The New York Times This artificial intelligence could soon replace him as the voice of several characters on “The Simpsons”, on which he has been a vocal actor since 1989. The actor is the voice behind dozens of characters on the animated series of longtime Fox, including Bartender MOE and Chef Wiggum. With 36 years of “Simpsons” voices acting behind him, Azaria is well aware that AI has a lot of material to shoot.
“I imagine that artificial intelligence is able to recreate the sounds of the more than 100 votes that I created for characters on” The Simpsons “on almost four decades”, wrote Azaria Time. “It makes me sad to think about it. Without forgetting, it simply seems wrong to steal my resemblance or my sound – or someone else. “”
“In my case, AI could have access to 36 years of Moe, the bartender definitively dissatisfied,” he continued. “He appeared in just about all the episodes of” The Simpsons “. He was terrified, in love, struck in the head and, most often, in a bitter state of hatred. Tens of ways now.
While AI will probably be able to tear down the sound of Azaria, the actor hopes that what technology can never do is correspond to his body and his soul. He hopes that “something will always miss” with regard to AI, and it is “humanity”.
“There are so many who I am who makes me to create a voice,” wrote Azaria. “How can the computer evoke all this?” What will the lack of humanity look like? What will be the size of the difference? Honestly, I don’t know, but I think it will be enough, at least in the short term, that we will notice that something is disabled, in the same way that we notice that something is bad in a movie or a television program . “”
“It adds to a feeling that what we are looking at is not real, and you don’t need to be careful,” he concluded. “The credibility is won by crafts, with good narration and good performances, good cinematography and a good achievement and a good script and good music.”
“The Simpsons” is currently in its 36th season on Fox, with new episodes in streaming on Disney +. Apart from the show, Azaria also had vocal roles on animated programs such as “Family Guy”, “Futurama” and “Spider-Man: The Animated Series”.
