If you don’t think AI is changing things at a fundamental level, witness what is possible with voice models trained by ordinary people like ThereIRuinedIt:

Or Johnny Cash singing Barbie Girl

How? There’s a number of different ways you can try this yourself – but the list grows daily at this point, so do some googling and see what’s available.

• Microsoft: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-custom-voice-create-voice?tabs=neural
• Google Colab: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1TU-kkQWVf-PLO_hSa2QCMZS1XF5xVHqs
• Speechify
• The Verge has a decent article as well: https://www.theverge.com/23864878/ai-voice-clones-podcastle-elevenlabs-personal-voice
• Imitate almost anyone’s voice with just 3 second sample: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/microsofts-new-ai-can-simulate-anyones-voice-with-3-seconds-of-audio/