In this Good Eye BLOGcast, I muse on the advancement of A.I. and its effect on people and industries that, historically, have been the exclusive domain of humans. As a voiceover artist, whoddathunk that computers would one day be gunning for my job. But I’m convinced that you need to face these advancements head-on. Lean into what makes us human. What other choice do we have?
A quote regarding AI by Strategic Coach Dan Sullivan from a recent email:
“AI won’t replace people. People will be replaced by other people who use AI.”
This quote gave me pause and helped me to look at this issue from a different angle. As a human voice actor, I believe the threat of AI encroaching on businesses, vocations and territory traditionally held by actual humans is real and must be taken seriously. But if you’re in an industry that AI’s digital eyes are watching hungrily (we can’t help but ascribe animalistic traits to non-living things, can we?) how can you take action with Sullivan’s wise words ringing in your head? Ringing in your head in the form of a human voice, hopefully.
For starters you can get with it. Understand it. Study it. Use it and get a feel for its reach. Whether it’s ChatGPT, synthetic voices, or transcription software. Realize its potential and learn how you can capture what it offers to your benefit. Burgle the gold from its lair. Even if that means a fuller understanding of what benefits AI brings as it relates to, in my case and the case of my fellow voice artists, voice and voiceover technologies. Try to find out where that lines leads and ends and the benefits of decidedly and exclusively human contribution begins. AI’s “emotions” are algorithmic, not intuitive, not emotional, not empathetic nor compassionate.
While AI can offer speed and efficiency that no human can match, it does not tote with it the need for compensation aside from a fee or subscription and will never call in sick or sue its employer for wrongful termination. The presence of AI should be a motivator. It should be a source of inspiration, a reminder to know yourself deeply and lean into the aspects of yourself and your human-ness that ONLY YOU can bring. It is those aspects that will set you apart not only from AI, but from everyone and everything else. That should be cause for celebration. If not, just ignore it, turn your back on it and hope for the best at your peril. Maybe it will just go away. But what do I know? I’m only human.
Bryan Berry and Aaron Lee are both leadership coaches. And they both wish there was a better way to describe what it is they do since they both focus on people and how they work together. They’re bringing Leadercast RVA to town on May 3 at Main Street Station for a diverse lineup of speakers.
Our conversation ranges from coming to terms with the person in the mirror, old leadership styles versus new, leading by dealing with people as the individuals they are and following your passions as the best means of becoming successful.
Bryan and Aaron share their experiences and what brought them to this point including Bryan literally facing death more than once. And we talk about some of the speakers and what you can expect at Leadercast RVA.
Much of this music can be found on my Bandcamp collection
2023 0304 RCL Jay Smack Host
NEW
Ships In The Night – Sun One (Aurora mix)
(Aletha Levanthal – orig. from Cville)
New remix EP dedicated to a friend who passed away
Buck Gooter – Time Flies (pre-release track)
Ghost Brain
Released in April
Harrisonburg
WKNDR – Middle Aged Agitator Single
Released Feb 24
GIF FROM GOD – Knife Goes In, Guts Come Out
Digital Red (released yesterday March 3)
KINDA NEW
Omen Stones – Skin Self
Released in Dec
Appalling – Father Inferior Sacrilege
Nov 2022
Pyramid Mass – Wars Monolith
Jan 20
B4NK M4CHIN3 – Days Like These
Leisure, Recreaton and Stability
-members of The Seymores, Dynamic Truths, Coral, Fudge, Dark Little Rooms
The Mitras – Caroline
Benjamin Shepherd – Thirty Hour Day
Charlie Glenn – piano
Hotspit – Meltng Point
Keep – Dasani Daydream
Book of Wyrms – Sodapop Glacier Nov 2022
Byzantne – Purity Nov 2022 Charleston WV
NOT NEW
Justn Golden – Ain’t Just Luck Hard Times and A Woman
Drook – Soap
David Brookings – If I Don’t Make It Back
Cali via Richmond – was here 3-2
DUMM DUMMS – Halogen
Colin Phils – Totokon
June 2022
Cut The Architect’s Hand – Contempt As A Weapon
Hail Hornet – Disperse The Curse
Stinking Lizaveta – Witches and Pigs (Philly)
Were here recently
Name is a Dostoyevsky reference
Jim Ivins – Me And My Bones
Large Margin – Smothered and Covered
Merciful Zero – Melonite Kingdom
NO BS! Brass – Undying
V.E. – I Stared A Joke
Playlist post on WRIR’s website
2023 0204 RCL – Jay Smack Host
NEW
Horsehead – SSOMO
Feb 3
Reggie Pace – trumpet
Sundog Dancing In The Early Light Release date: June 2023
Benjamin Shepherd – Thirty Hour Day Single
Charlie Glenn – piano
Jonathan Vassar and Duncan Adams – Momentum single
Feb 3
Keep – Dasani Daydream Happy In Here
Feb 3
Pyramid Mass – Wars Monolith
Jan 20
(formerly Doubtfire)
Crucial Rip – Violent Retribution Violent Retribution
Release March 2023
Gif from god – A Kiss For Every Hornet Digital Red
Releases March 2023
McKinley Dixon – Tyler Forever
Single
“A celebration of the life of one of my close friends” Released Jan 17 2023
DUST~ – Sheesh
Time Vol 5
Single
SLIMZOS Recordings release Released Jay 5
Buck Gooter – Ghost Brain
Single
Harrisonburg
Ghost Brain full due out April 24, 2023
The Mitras – Caroline Single
Released Jan 13, 2023
Superchunk – Everything Hurts
Single
Chapel Hill
Recorded during the “Wild Lonliness” sessions – didn’t make the album Released Feb 3r
Toward Space – Pity Party Single
Released Jan 13
The Nude Party – Ride On
single
Full release of “Rides On” comes out March 10 Forme d at App State, Boone NC
NOT NEW
BEEX – What I Am
Chrome Daddy Disco – Long Lonley Highway
Don Babylon – There Will Be Blood 2
Doll Baby – The Great Divide
Doll Baby – Alive
DJ Harrison – DJH Jazz At Montrose
Grass Panther – Your Mission Vignette
Jaguardini – Punku Chiku Skin and Bones
Strawberry Moon – You, Me and Misery
The Southern Belles – Everywhere I
Tim Barry – High On 95
Weedeater – Can Enabler Goliathan
Dorthia Cottrell – Vessel
Demons – Inauguration Day Swallow EP
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