Digital Doppelgängers for ASIA IP.

The journalist Cathy Li interviewed me for ASIA IP, a magazine that focuses on legal issues for the industry in Asia.

Using my story as a highlight for the intersecting issues of AI expansion and artistic copyright, the article delves into great detail about this murky, many-stranded situation.

Interviewing me alongside leaders in law, IP, and tech, and referencing the union action taking place in the USA, Li aims to highlight the difficult legal balance that is being struck between what many hail as 'technological progress' and those on the other side of the coin, calling for greater protections of human-made creations, and human rights to fair compensation, work, and freedom of thought.

The power imbalance at the heart of the whole issue is one she returns to, and its clear (to me, at least) that this is the true crux of the issue. The David vs Goliath battle rages on!

(Clarke) argues that the unchecked growth of AI in creative fields threatens to undermine the value of artistic work and exploit artists. “They’re destroying creative industries in their drive for what they would call progress,” Clarke said.
“I wouldn’t call it progress, but I certainly call it profit for them.” Clarke’s situation highlights a broader issue in the creative industry: while high-profile artists may have the means to seek legal recourse, those without significant resources often find themselves with limited options for protection and compensation.
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Many voice actors wonder whether they can hold their importance and value in the creative industry, competing against their digital doppelgänger and lower-cost voice actors. “You’re now competing against your robot voice for jobs; it has impacted the whole industry, the standard that we all try to uphold by holding our line when it comes to rates,” said Clarke. As she is taking action, she has contacted four lawyers who have given her other answers for the past year and a half.....

For more about David, Goliath, myself, Scarlett, Sam, Fran, Bill et al, read the article in full here.