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viva la

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Wed May 28, 2025, 11:04 AM May 28

"How long will it be before Melania steps aside for MelanAI?" [View all]

Mrs Trump is seemingly so disinterested in her role as first lady that along with being mostly absent from the White House, she’s got an AI to read her audiobook. How long before she replaces herself with a robot?

I listen to a LOT of audiobooks, and an AI narrator is an automatic reject. It's really disrespectful to the readers to refuse to hire a human narrator. These are the weirdest rich people-- cheap in all the wrong ways.
I mean, not that I'd buy her book in any medium. But her fans, such as they are, will not like a robot voice. Then again, it does reflect her personality, I guess.

From the Guardian.

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