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That voice was an inspired choice in Pacific Rim too
Mr. T
Shohreh would be pretty awesome, though I'd prefer to sprinkle some Quarian voice modulation in there as well.
Classic! Fools will be pitied.
Shohreh Aghdashlo is definitely my first pick.
Mine as well, and I thought I was being so original before I started reading the answers!
- Christopher Walken
- Morgan Freeman
- Denzel Washington
- Bruce Willis
- Bobcat Goldthwait (he's gotta do the voice tho)
Edit: bonus points if the AI is a little sassy.
It's likely that most people think of themselves as a should-use-Morgan-Freeman-voice kind of person, when in reality they are a deserves-only-Bobcat-Goldthwait-voice kind of person.
A sassy Morgan Freeman voice is the perfect option for me as well😋
I'd probably have it switch itself daily as well as the personality if possible.
I don't need to be attached to a computer person, I'm already addicted to social media enough. Besides, it sounds fun to meet a new "person" everyday.
This is literally the project I'm working on. I have mine voiced as my husbando Impey Barbicane from Code Realize. Though I'm thinking of training a tts on some youtuber voices that I like.
Lance Reddick (Daniels in The Wire, Commander Zavala in Destiny).
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that" - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Who wouldn't want the first murdering AI as their personal assistant?
Majel Barratt is a great shout - I'd probably go for Data or Picard though :). Or maybe Holly from Red Dwarf?
Oo good choice. Which Holly though, Norman or Hatty?
A great question. Probably Norman just so he can randomly say "What's happening, dudes?", but Hattie had some pretty good lines too, she could bang her head on the screen to count things.
The rehabilitation nurse from Frasier played Holly too, in the short-lived US adaptation of Red Dwarf. Seemed like a good fit for her.
Or it will depend on situation - in the morning Queeg wold wake you up, and Holly will read you random facts before going to bed.
Keith David. I have a strong personal belief that one day that man's voice will be integral to the discovery and/or implementation of the cure for cancer. I also think he would be a benevolent AI overlord.
My mom, if it wants me to do things /s
I want to be commanded by Klaus-Dieter Klebsch (example).
Though for everyday life a smoother voice would be nice, like Janet Varney maybe?
Gilbert Gottfried
It sounds like Sir David Attenborough and it makes a lot of double entendres.
No one has yet mentioned GlaDOS (a robotized Ellen McLain) or Christopher Lee.
Either would be good.
I would give anything to have Jonathan Van Ness flamboyantly guide me through the day.
Pretty tough for me to pick a specific voice. The one non-negotiable for me is that it's gotta have a hint of that digital and computer feel like Iron Man's Jarvis, Interstellar's TARS, or Portal's GLaDOS.
It's cool to hear digital voices getting clearer as time goes by, but there's something to the slight digital artifact that delights me. It appeals to my sci-fi interests, I suppose—makes me feel more like a spaceship captain or something. I already purposely try to pick some of the older sounding voices for stuff like Siri or VoiceOver to get some of that bitcrunch or whatever those qualities sum up to. If I can get that robotic grit while still having an up-to-date voice that can pronounce and annunciate well, that'll be Perfect 🤖👌.
I don't think I could handle a sexy lady ai so maybe having my own one based on a billionaire I can bully would be nice
Alan Rickman.
At work? Billy Mays. At the bar, Morgan Freeman.
Werner Herzog
Charlie Kelly.
AI logic is wildly inconsistent still and I feel like I'd be more understanding of it sounded like Charlie. Plus, I'd be asking it to do a whole lot of work I don't want to do.
Stephen Fry speaking into a jug. Wise and collected, with a hint of robot.
Cortana.
Speaking of AI, I've actually been playing Deep Rock Galactic with an AI generated Cortana voice mod lately and while not perfect, it is pretty neat.
Establishing battlefield control - Standby
Pick your poison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHqsHRwUDzM
Nice choice!
I'm not comfortable with a voiced computer that doesn't have Majel Barrett's voice, frankly. Google Assistant/Siri/Alexa hit my ear wrong as it is.
This is the correct answer
I've always wanted Bill Nighy voicing my daily life so he'd be a strong candidate.
Or Ash Sroka doing Tali from Mass Effect
Gilbert Gottfried.
Agent Smith, and he has to be disgusted by everything all the time.
This probably won't speak to many, but I'd choose Roger Carel, a French comedian, and prolific voice actor, who was the voice of my childhood. I'd love to have Jiminy Cricket as my official conscience.
Stephen Merchant
I see your Stephen Merchant, and raise you a Stephen Frye.