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The actor Hank Azaria fears he will be replaced by AI.

The 60-year-old star - who voices the similarity Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy and Moe Szyslak on the long-running animated funny series - feels 'unfortunate' at the thought his distinct characters' sounds are easily copied by expert system software.

He wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times paper about it.

'I picture that quickly enough, artificial intelligence will be able to re-create the noises of the more than 100 voices I created for characters on The Simpsons over nearly 4 decades,' said Hank.

'It makes me unfortunate to think about it. Not to point out, it seems just plain wrong to steal my likeness or noise - or anyone else's.

'In my case, AI might have access to 36 years of Moe, the permanently disgruntled bartender.'

The Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria fears he will be replaced by AI. The 60-year-old star - who voices the similarity Chief Wiggum, Comics Guy and Moe Szyslak on the long-running animated comedy series - feels 'unfortunate' at the believed his distinctive characters' noises are quickly copied by synthetic intelligence software, he told The New york city Times. Seen in 2023

'I imagine that quickly enough, synthetic intelligence will be able to re-create the noises of the more than 100 voices I created for characters on The Simpsons over practically four years,' said Hank. Photo of Homer Simpson

Azaria added: 'He's appeared in simply about every episode of The Simpsons.

'He's been frightened, in love, struck in the head and, most typically, in a state of bitter hatred. I have actually chuckled as Moe in dozens of ways by now. I've probably sighed as Moe 100 times,' the actor continued.

'In regards to training AI, that's a lot to deal with.'

But Hank - who has actually likewise worked on animated programs consisting of Family Guy, kenpoguy.com Futurama, Spider-Man: The Animated Series and Bordertown - thinks that however properly AI can mimic his voice, it will be lacking in 'humanness.'

That is because 'our bodies and souls' play a big part in creating a character, added Hank.

He wrote: 'I wish to think that no matter how much an AI version of Moe or Snake or Chief Wiggum will sound like my voice, something will still be missing out on - the humanness.

'There's so much of who I am that goes into producing a voice. How can the computer conjure all that? ...

'In my case, AI could have access to 36 years of Moe, the permanently dissatisfied bartender,' added Hank. Pictured is Bart Simpson

But Hank - who has also worked on animated programs consisting of Family Guy, Futurama, Spider-Man: The Animated Series and Bordertown - believes that nevertheless accurately AI can mimic his voice, forums.cgb.designknights.com it will be lacking in 'humanness'; imagined are Moe and Homer

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'What will the absence of humanness seem like? How big will the difference be?

'I truthfully don't know, however I believe it will be enough, at least in the near term, that we'll notice something is off, in the very same method that we see something's amiss in a subpar movie or TV program.

'It amounts to a sense that what we're seeing isn't real, and you do not require to take note of it.

'Believability is earned through craftsmanship, with excellent storytelling and excellent performances, excellent cinematography and excellent directing and wiki.rolandradio.net a great script and great music.'

The show first aired in 1989.

The animated funny focuses on the eponymous family in the town of Springfield in an unnamed U.S. state.

The head of the Simpson household, systemcheck-wiki.de Homer, is a nuclear-plant worker. He does his finest to lead his family but often finds that they are leading him.

The family includes loving, blue-haired matriarch Marge, troublemaking kid Bart, overachieving daughter Lisa and forum.batman.gainedge.org child Maggie. Other Springfield locals consist of the family's spiritual next-door neighbor, Ned Flanders, family doctor Dr Hibbert, wiki.dulovic.tech Moe the bartender and wikibase.imfd.cl cops chief Clancy Wiggum.

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