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> In other words, if Scarlett Johansson had a different voice, perhaps even an unappealing one, would they still have used it Not what you meant, but: No, of course not, because then Johansson wouldn't have been in Her.
Right, but one can imagine a popular film about AI casting a voice actor not because the voice actor has an appealing or soothing voice, but because the actor is themselves very popular and will draw a large audience. Perhaps say Arnold Schwarzenegger is cast and OpenAI decides to create a voice very similar to the one Arnold uses in that movie because OpenAI wants to leverage the fame associated with that movie, tha…
> According to your argument...
I wasn't making one.