The Last Human Voice Podcast
Two voice artists, Annette Rizzo and Marcus Hutton, join forces with Dr Mathilde Pavis, an expert in intellectual property law, ethics and new technologies.
In conversation with artists and activists, they explore the professional, legal and ethical issues in Artificial Intelligence in the creative sectors and performance synthesis. *
Music: “Songs for Ancestors” by Juno Reactor. With kind permission from Juno Reactor/Ben Watkins. www.junoreactor.com
*Discussions over the course of these podcasts are an exploration of the law and ethics around AI and should not be taken as legal advice.
Episodes
27 episodes
What is Data Mining and Why Should We Care?
Most discussions about AI start with topic of "data mining". But how many of us are clear about what it is and how it works? And how can we be expected to care about something if we don't understand what it is?Even leaders, decisio...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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49:50
Is AI Breaking the News? With Pete Pachal from Mediacopilot
In the first episode of Season 2, we look at the role of AI in Journalism. Are journalists facing a vicious cycle of generating click bait to drive revenue to keep media companies afloat to pay journalists to generate more click bait? Is ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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55:35
AI & Copyright Law: Can it protect Creatives, with Dr Andres Guadamuz
Copyright Law is in our sights as we reach our Season 1 finale. Dr Andres Guadamuz is a Reader in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sussex and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of World Intellectual Property. He...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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59:44
Digital Remains: Your Rights After Death, with Dr Edina Harbinja
Let's talk about death. Have you considered how you want your digital remains (yes, that's the correct term) to be treated after you're gone?Photos on Facebook, TikTok videos, LinkedIn profiles, demos, self-tapes, emails se...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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56:22
Own Your Clone, with Sam Radclyffe
What does it look like to do business with clones in a way which puts the artist at the centre of the deal? That's not just our question, but the question posed by Sam Radclyffe. Sam is an experienced entertainment and media rig...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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56:16
Big Tech, Big Deals, Small Change
In this episode we take a look at very recent deals that tech giants have made with media and content platforms to train their AI models, with consent. We are asking: is the tide turning for training AI towards a licensing model, and away from ...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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55:34
Getting Organised: The UVA Story, with Patrick Messe
The story of UVA (United Voice Artists) is a lesson in organising, not just for Creative Workers, but for everyone affected by AI - which is to say, Everyone.Co-President, Patrick Messe, explains the urgent need for representation that ...
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53:37
The Right to Deepfake, with Dr Dimitrios Kagiaros
Should the creation of Deepfakes be a protected right under the banner of Free Speech?How do existing laws balance our right to Free Speech with our Right to Privacy?Dr Dimitri Kagiaros is Assistant Professor in Law at the Uni...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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58:37
Does AI Mean What It Says? With Dr Jumbly Grindrod
This time, we get a philosopher's take on AI.Jumbly Grindrod is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Reading. He specializes in the philosophy of language and epistemology, which refers to the theory of knowledge itself.
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55:54
The Sara Poyzer Twitter Storm, Marvin Gaye's Missing Music and Your Digital Afterlife
In this episode, we select from the latest AI stories that have grabbed the headlines or slipped by stealth into our feeds. From the miscommunication that made Mamma Mia actor, Sara Poyzer, trend on Twitter, to the discovery of M...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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59:55
Is Ethical AI Good for Business? With Jamie Anderson & Ben Field
Much of the fear generated by AI is about theft; the companies that own the technology will steal your image, replicate your voice and replace you with an AI version of you that takes your job.But perhaps it doesn't have to be that wa...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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50:07
Gerry Anderson: A Life Resurrected, with Jamie Anderson & Ben Field
How would it feel to see a digital deepfake of someone you love who has died? What would you need to consider before agreeing to create it?Jamie Anderson and Ben Field can answer both of these questions and more. "G...
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55:20
Dr Dominic Lees: Deepfaking Margaret Thatcher
Dr Dominic Lees is an award-winning filmmaker and director. He is also Associate Professor of Filmmaking at the University of Reading, with a research specialism in deepfakes. In 2019, "Virtual Maggie" was among his projects, exploring ho...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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56:03
The SAG-AFTRA Deal, Part 2
Who is going to own your clone? Who gets to control your digital double after you're dead? And what kind of deal can unions do for the departed?In the second of two episodes dedicated to unpicking the SAG-AFTRA Deal, we move on...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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48:15
The SAG-AFTRA Deal, Part I
On the 14th of July 2023, the American actors’ union ‘SAG-AFTRA’ joined the strike already begun by the WGA (Writers' Guild of America.) The dispute with the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) was about pay, wo...
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38:41
Yvonne Muinde: Painting with AI
Our guest in this episode is Yvonne Muinde, an award-winning visual effects artist whose credit list takes in a range of iconic films, including the Planet of the Apes, The Hobbit, and Avatar. An established fi...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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53:46
The SAG-AFTRA Digital Voice Replica Agreement
“A ground-breaking, innovative new contract”; that’s the headline for the deal negotiated between SAG-AFTRA, the US Actors’ union and Replica, the company using AI to create digital voice replicas.What does the deal cover? What does it o...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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39:03
Short Talks: Do I Want To Be A Clone?
What does it mean to have your voice or performance cloned? Is there a difference between cloning and synthesis?If I agree to the creation of my digital double, do I have any say in what it does next? And wherever it goes, will the Law b...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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20:37
Short Talks: What Am I Worth?
The phrase "Know your worth" is often repeated among artists, performers and other freelance workers who have the responsibility for negotiating their own rates and terms of employment for every job they do. But how do you go about...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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14:45
Call My Agent
Agents are the hard-negotiating, multi-tasking, contract-savvy industry experts, working to match the Talent they represent with paying clients. In what can be long contractual chains, agents provide a layer of protection for performers, who tr...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:04:22
Legislating AI
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act has been described as the most ambitious attempt to date at creating a legal framework for AI.We are joined this time by Dragos Tudorache, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-President of the Renew...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:05:00
Buyouts 101
What does the term "Buyout" mean? What's the best way to respond to buyout requests from clients?And if you've agreed to a buyout, does that mean you consent to any and all uses - even to AI imitations of your voice/performance wit...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:08:28
Moral Rights 101
In this episode, we talk about performers’ moral rights. What are they? Who is entitled to them? And can they help performers and other creatives to protect themselves and their work from potential AI abuses?
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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