The Brutalist’s use of AI to clone actor voices should exclude it from the Oscar race
I just watched a trailer for The Brutalist, and there's not an ounce of Hungarian language in it. Adrien Brody does speak English with a Hungarian accent, as his character is an immigrant who came to the US after World War 2, seeking a new life. I have no experience with Hungarian-English accents, and I bought every word, because I'm already a fan of Brody's.
But the reason I've even sought out the trailer isn't curiosity about a movie that might have a chance to win its fair share of Oscars this year. It's the controversy surrounding the use of generative AI to enhance the Hungarian-language dialogue in the film between the husband and wife characters that Brody and Felicity Jones play.
The creative team behind The Brutalist used AI voice-cloning tech, and that's deeply misleading. The movie creators decided it was perfectly okay to use genAI programs like ChatGPT to make the actors' voices sound like they're speaking Hungarian as it was meant to be spoken.
For that reason alone, I think The Brutalist and any other movie making use of genAI to alter the performance of an actor should be excluded from awards contentions, whether it's the Oscars or something else. Mind you, I'm not referring to special effects where AI might be employed to create backgrounds or even tweak the appearance of actors.
I say that as a fan of products like ChatGPT. I believe AI will change our lives for the better if we're careful enough not to let it destroy us. But I've already drawn a line in my mind about what I will and won't accept when it comes to AI.
I explained time and again why I don't like Google's Magic Editor AI tools that let you create fake memories. Samsung's Galaxy AI is equally impressive in that regard. I also explained that AI can be misleading and, as an AI user, you have to be aware of hallucinations. The Brutalist cloning Brody's voice ever so slightly to obtain that perfect Hungarian accent that nobody will care about is another example of AI abuse.
The post The Brutalist’s use of AI to clone actor voices should exclude it from the Oscar race appeared first on BGR.
Today's Top Deals
- Best Fire TV Stick deals for January 2025
- Today’s deals: $50 off Meta Quest 3S, $250 Dyson Digital Slim vacuum, $50 Anker ANC headphones, more
- Today’s deals: $510 M1 MacBook Air, $4.75 Kasa smart plugs, $18 Roku Express, $328 Sony XM5 headphones, more
- 57 best cheap Apple deals under $100
The Brutalist’s use of AI to clone actor voices should exclude it from the Oscar race originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 21 Jan 2025 at 16:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.