There are some that have been ignoring that, (and I've only seen comments saying, "I'm just going to do what I want anyway" in english) but I think most are... I remember most of the controversy in the english-speaking realm being about the choice of voice type B, more than the later TOS clause. In my opinion, it's good and positive that KAMITSUBAKI listened to the vocalist and rallied with her concerns instead of just going, "sorry, this is our musical instrument product, your agency as a human being is no longer relevant here." I thought the TOS change was more of a victory for the young artist than a disappointing restriction or failure.
I started out as one of the people that was very bummed about the TOS restriction and choice of the B voice type, but my opinion changed after listening to a lot of compelling songs and I put some thought into how mainplace AI technology is becoming in our world. It is so important to "remember the human", because in so many cases, this sort of technology is being developed without ethics, or consequences, in mind, because at least in the United States, on the whole, computer scientists and engineers are not educated on the social scientists or ethics (speaking as an electrical engineering/robotics/ai student) relevant to their jobs, despite it possibly being the most important in the short term for them to have a firm grasp on these things. At this time, I do think singing AI technology is mostly inconsequential in the way we as a community interact with it, but it is still worth thinking about.
I think it's okay for vocalists to make the distinction between "I like VOCALOID and singing synths, but I don't want my voice to be 'cloned'", "I like VOCALOID and singing synths, and I'm okay with my voice being closely mirrored in technology", and "I'm playing a character, so it's fine". Part of growing alongside this frontier of technology is being welcoming to, and acknowledging, the numerous ways different people will react and respond to the same piece of technology.
I started out as one of the people that was very bummed about the TOS restriction and choice of the B voice type, but my opinion changed after listening to a lot of compelling songs and I put some thought into how mainplace AI technology is becoming in our world. It is so important to "remember the human", because in so many cases, this sort of technology is being developed without ethics, or consequences, in mind, because at least in the United States, on the whole, computer scientists and engineers are not educated on the social scientists or ethics (speaking as an electrical engineering/robotics/ai student) relevant to their jobs, despite it possibly being the most important in the short term for them to have a firm grasp on these things. At this time, I do think singing AI technology is mostly inconsequential in the way we as a community interact with it, but it is still worth thinking about.
I think it's okay for vocalists to make the distinction between "I like VOCALOID and singing synths, but I don't want my voice to be 'cloned'", "I like VOCALOID and singing synths, and I'm okay with my voice being closely mirrored in technology", and "I'm playing a character, so it's fine". Part of growing alongside this frontier of technology is being welcoming to, and acknowledging, the numerous ways different people will react and respond to the same piece of technology.
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