BURBANK: Aw, gee! The technology driving artificial intelligence sure is swell, but it could never capture the essence of Mickey Mouse, according to the man who voices Disney's mascot.
sure is swell, but it could never capture the essence of Mickey Mouse, according to the man who voices Disney's mascot.
"But I don't think anything can replace the heart of a character and more importantly, the heart of storytelling." But for Iwan, character and storytelling are"unique to a performer, a writer, an animator, an artist, a creator". Mickey's falsetto was first voiced by company founder Walt Disney himself, with 1928's Steamboat Willie. Two other men each voiced the character for more than three decades."REPLICATING REALISM"
While humans are still designing and creating those films, the use of AI to generate the credits for the Disney+ show Secret Invasion recently triggered anger.