Tossing it with Theo Gibson - AI Audiobook Production

We’re chatting about the impending doom that is the use of artificial intelligence and cloned or computer-generated voices as replacements for narrators and actors in the audiobook industry.

Join me as I talk through the nitty gritty with Theo Gibson, founder and head of AudiobooksNZ, who has a breadth of experience and opinion on the subject of AI and what it means for the audio publishing industry. We share some horror stories and what we can expect as we move ahead with the knowledge that AI is here to stay, we just have to learn to live with it and safely protect ourselves from being exploited as it continues to learn from the infinite melting pot of content and information available on it’s feeding ground; the internet. We’re hopeful the layperson - or indeed any human who enjoys listening to long-form content, podcasts, audiobooks and stories can become advocates for the continued use of human voices, instead of letting us be taken over by robots.

Sound Salad Podcast

Curious about the development of audiobooks?Are you the type of person who learns aurally, enjoys hearing stories, and experiencing recorded sound in all of its forms? Join Kiwi actor, writer, director and audiobook narrator Romy Hooper as she interviews those who work with all things spoken and all things heard. The bibliophiles, authors, publishers, engineers, historians, performers and artists whose job it is to provide you with high-quality audio content are combined here. Seasoned and appropriately dressed, in SoundSalad. Brought to you by Audiobooks NZ, NZs leading producer of audio content.

• No. of episodes: 21
• Latest episode: 2023-12-19
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