Deepfaked voices are improving markedly, though it's clear Negan Jeffrey did an extraordinary amount of work molding, tuning and timing his AI's rendition of Tom Kenny's Spongebob voice. I even suspect that it's a "manual" impression cleverly processed to sound like an AI. Either way, The result is grimly excellent work, likely to be put to fast use in childrens' birthday parties, closing-time tracks, and torture chambers worldwide.
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