On the face of it, this is pretty funny. "A popular Australian radio station's experiment with an AI DJ has gone unnoticed for months, as reported by the Australian Financial Review." There are, of course, ethical implications. Lisa Lin, president of the Association of Voice Actors, writes, "Australian listeners deserve honesty and upfront disclosure instead of a lack of transparency leading them to trust a fake person they think is a real on-air person." This is not a new issue in radio, which has always been on the fighting edge of technology, from early 'transcriptions' to automated radio shows.
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