S2 Episode 37: lending an ear to The Finals' AI voices

This week on the podcast James and Nate listen to AI voice barks for The Finals and make fun of them - but also try to think of uses for AI-generated material that might be actually good.

Episode 37 of the Electronic Wireless Show podcast, hosted by Rock Paper Shotgun, titled "S2 Episode 37: lending an ear to The Finals' AI voices" was published on November 2, 2023 and runs 69 minutes.

November 2, 2023 ·69m · Electronic Wireless Show

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Summary

While Rishi Sunak bundles nerds into Bletchley Park, we at the Electronic Wireless Show podcast are investigating the real danger of AI: somewhat rubbish text-to-speech voicelines making The Finals less fun. We discuss the arrival of AI voices in big-name games, the disappointingly businessy thinking behind it, and whether we can think up some uses for AI-generated material that we can actually get behind. All sparked by voice actor Gianni Matragrano’s video compilation of the lines in question, which you should probably watch before listening to this episode, or there’ll be a bit where Nate appears to bellow "THE KING FISH" for no reason. Well, maybe not no reason. It’s still Nate. Plus! We talk about what we’ve been playing this week, which coincidentally for me was The Finals, while Nate’s been digging deeper into the Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor demo. I also recount the teeth-based controversy surrounding Cities: Skyline 2, in turn begging the question: what are they going to do with all those teeth? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices