
These characters, Swims-in-Deep-Water & Viriya, get a multitude of overhauls as part of the mod, with new greeting dialogues and a smorgasbord of other fresh lines that reflect their personalities and stick closely to the narrative of the original questline. Skyrim Mod Adds Voice Acting to Fishing Questline Thanks to a new mod by GTheGenerous called " Fishing - Voiced Narrative", Skyrim’s fishing quests need not be dull any longer.Īs the mod’s author describes: “the reused generic lines simply can't give proper justice to the well thought (out) characters and questline”, so they’ve been replaced using xVASynth, an AI tool for generating high-quality voice acting lines.

Valve recently said “there is some legal uncertainty relating to data used to train AI models,” meaning that AI tools frequently infringe on existing copyrights.ĭespite those moral and legal question marks, gaming’s major players are now exploring controversial AI tech.If you picked up Skyrim’s Anniversary Edition and were thoroughly disappointed by the quests surrounding its brand new and heavily touted fishing gameplay, don’t worry, as the game’s modding community has stepped up to the plate. Skyrim porn mods were recently in the spotlight as a growing number of mods cloned the performances of real actors to use in inappropriate contexts, without consent.ĪI-generated art seems to invite serious questions about ethical consent and legal ownership. Spider-Man (the game) actor Yuri Lowenthal retweeted the comment with, “Seconded.” Another fan chimed in to say that people who want to hear Futaba sing should “hire an actual voice actress.”ĪI voices and deepfakes have been raising controversy for many months now.


Many other fans and actors came out in agreement with Keaton’s comments. Spectacular Spider-Man actor Josh Keaton also jumped on the discussion to say: “Erica is a wonderful person and doesn’t deserve any of this.” Replying to one of the comments, Keaton continued to say “There are no two sides about it when it comes to theft,” while discussing those who use AI programs to (re)generate voices.
