[notafraudster]

My Dad died before my kids were born. When he got cancer, he recorded himself reading "The Night Before Christmas", which is about enough audio for the high quality version of this technology. Is it ghoulish on my part to want to hear his voice again or for my kids to hear it? Maybe. Do I really care what you think (or really what _I_ think) about that? No.

[kossTKR]

It doesn't really sound healthy to generate content of loved ones.

Yes in a few years you would be able to generate a complete avatar of someone, but it isn't them, and i think it will mess with you mentally.

[ss108]

Sorry to hear. Hope your kids enjoy his recording.

But yes, it would be weird to generate more stuff spoken by your father by using this technology. And beyond that, what's even the point? It's not your dad.

[peteforde]

People who would tell you not to use your recorded audio to create more simulations of your father speaking are the same sort of folks with strong opinions about what other people do in the bedroom.

I happen to be someone who believes that it's wonderful your dad left you with this artifact. It was a touching sentiment then, and now it can serve his obvious purpose many times over.

He didn't record himself as a side-effect of disease, or because he loved that particular story in the sound of his voice. He wanted people in the future to be able to hear what he sounded like!

Given that he could not have foreseen voice cloning (and therefore not explicitly asked for it) I cannot think of a more obvious example of someone wanting their voice to survive them.

I wish more folks would record The Night Before Christmas.

[manuelmoreale]

You shouldn’t care what I think. You shouldn’t care what anyone here thinks. Creating fake memories is not something I’d ever consider doing but that’s just me.