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Message: [QUOTE="miguk, post: 146115, member: 1510"] Vocaloid isn't the same as AI on a commercial level. Everyone knows Miku isn't real, for one. But also, Vocaloid never made a huge dent in the music industry outside of Japan. Japan is the only country where it's become normalized to replace workers with robots. That's mainly because the birth rate is declining and companies can't afford to pay people to do simple jobs like sell soft drinks (hence all the vending machines). So a robot singer isn't that big of a stretch. (We can also credit the much bigger otaku culture there, as well as traditional beliefs in animism, but the former is obvious and the latter might be a stretch.) Meanwhile, the West has opposed replacing musicians even since the 90s. Electronica went downhill because it was too robotic for most; as far as people were concerned, anyone with a computer could put out that kind of music without "natural" musical skill. (Note: Not starting a fight on this; just stating the general consensus.) And we also had animated musical groups (Alvin & the Chipmunks, Gorillas, etc) that were just considered a novelty. And the birth rate, which declining, is off-set by immigration, so there's no push for replacing employees at the moment. As for AI changing Vocaloid, that will likely happen. Synthesizer V already made a better Kasane Teto, who is very close to sounding human. We'll eventually see voices that are just like human ones. [automerge]1742756226[/automerge] Most of us are being civil. Please don't blame everyone for one person's behavior. [/QUOTE]

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