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‘AI doesn’t know what an orgasm sounds like’: audiobook actors grapple with the rise of robot narrators
As demand for audio content grows, companies are looking for faster – and cheaper – ways to make it
In Australia, where there are fewer audiobook companies and where emerging actors like Tudor rely on the work to supplement their incomes, there is growing concern about job losses, transparency and quality. For every finished hour of an audiobook, a narrator might spend double or triple that time recording it – and that doesn’t include an initial read to understand the book and its characters. Photograph: Carrie Jones/The GuardianThis year the Burial Rites and Devotionauthor, Hannah Kent, was one of many acclaimed Australian writers shocked to discover their pirated work had been used to train Meta’s AI systems.
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