Gregory Guillen
@pikagreg.bsky.social
Physical Media Forever | Anime Fan | Shipping Manager
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Gregory Guillen
@pikagreg.bsky.social
· Feb 23
Completed games for 2025 between gacha hell. Forgot to post here when I finished originally but I finally ended up playing The Stanley Parable. It was hilarious and I was happy that it finally came to console
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Here's the good news: though the workers 'making' these AI locs can't do much to stop them, WE, THE CONSUMERS, CAN.
Email them. Cancel your subscription. Call them and complain.
Be a Karen. Tell them they have lost your dollar.
Workers secretly want this. They want consumers to riot.
Email them. Cancel your subscription. Call them and complain.
Be a Karen. Tell them they have lost your dollar.
Workers secretly want this. They want consumers to riot.
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Here's the good news: though the workers 'making' these AI locs can't do much to stop them, WE, THE CONSUMERS, CAN.
Email them. Cancel your subscription. Call them and complain.
Be a Karen. Tell them they have lost your dollar.
Workers secretly want this. They want consumers to riot.
Email them. Cancel your subscription. Call them and complain.
Be a Karen. Tell them they have lost your dollar.
Workers secretly want this. They want consumers to riot.
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I know a few managers who told Upper Management that this was a bad deal. It's not saving time, it's not saving money, and it could hurt our brand if it damages the quality too much.
But they wanted to stay the course, and they gave us a lot of different reasons why:
But they wanted to stay the course, and they gave us a lot of different reasons why:
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I know a few managers who told Upper Management that this was a bad deal. It's not saving time, it's not saving money, and it could hurt our brand if it damages the quality too much.
But they wanted to stay the course, and they gave us a lot of different reasons why:
But they wanted to stay the course, and they gave us a lot of different reasons why:
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My manager grimaced and shrugged.
"Yeahhhh, I know it's not ideal, and that doing it the way we always have would be better all around... but the CEO reeeeally wants us to start using more AI. Can we just do it for this project and... see how it goes?"
"Yeahhhh, I know it's not ideal, and that doing it the way we always have would be better all around... but the CEO reeeeally wants us to start using more AI. Can we just do it for this project and... see how it goes?"
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
My manager grimaced and shrugged.
"Yeahhhh, I know it's not ideal, and that doing it the way we always have would be better all around... but the CEO reeeeally wants us to start using more AI. Can we just do it for this project and... see how it goes?"
"Yeahhhh, I know it's not ideal, and that doing it the way we always have would be better all around... but the CEO reeeeally wants us to start using more AI. Can we just do it for this project and... see how it goes?"
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In private messages, we all agreed: this was bad for the shows, bad for consumers, and bad for our translation teams. No one was benefiting from this, except for the company's bottom line... and honestly, even that was all speculation.
But complaining to our management didn't do much.
But complaining to our management didn't do much.
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
In private messages, we all agreed: this was bad for the shows, bad for consumers, and bad for our translation teams. No one was benefiting from this, except for the company's bottom line... and honestly, even that was all speculation.
But complaining to our management didn't do much.
But complaining to our management didn't do much.
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Then came the push to start using AI as part of our subtitling flows.
"It'll save time and money, because translators can just post-edit!"
Never mind the fact that we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on purchasing AI licenses, it didn't lead to much improvement in translation speed.
"It'll save time and money, because translators can just post-edit!"
Never mind the fact that we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on purchasing AI licenses, it didn't lead to much improvement in translation speed.
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Then came the push to start using AI as part of our subtitling flows.
"It'll save time and money, because translators can just post-edit!"
Never mind the fact that we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on purchasing AI licenses, it didn't lead to much improvement in translation speed.
"It'll save time and money, because translators can just post-edit!"
Never mind the fact that we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on purchasing AI licenses, it didn't lead to much improvement in translation speed.
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"Well, you can also use it to write client emails!"
Emails are not the hard, time-consuming part of our job. Any person in the industry who's been here a while knows how to write an email.
So literally none of us in the department were using AI.
Emails are not the hard, time-consuming part of our job. Any person in the industry who's been here a while knows how to write an email.
So literally none of us in the department were using AI.
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
"Well, you can also use it to write client emails!"
Emails are not the hard, time-consuming part of our job. Any person in the industry who's been here a while knows how to write an email.
So literally none of us in the department were using AI.
Emails are not the hard, time-consuming part of our job. Any person in the industry who's been here a while knows how to write an email.
So literally none of us in the department were using AI.
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We were encouraged to start using AI in our day-to-day work. Our direct department head did a 'tutorial' with us to show us how to use it... to automatically schedule weekly meetings for a project.
Except we already could do that by hand, like, super easily.
Except we already could do that by hand, like, super easily.
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
We were encouraged to start using AI in our day-to-day work. Our direct department head did a 'tutorial' with us to show us how to use it... to automatically schedule weekly meetings for a project.
Except we already could do that by hand, like, super easily.
Except we already could do that by hand, like, super easily.
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At least two years ago, we got word from upper management that they want us to "start using more AI".
Why? Because "they want to save time and money".
Why? Because "they want to save time and money".
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
At least two years ago, we got word from upper management that they want us to "start using more AI".
Why? Because "they want to save time and money".
Why? Because "they want to save time and money".
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
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Amazon has rolled out AI dubbed anime and I’m truly appalled. Like it or loathe it, the medium has a rich, incredible history of English performances. There’s already a million reasons to hate Amazon, but fuck me.
I wanna hear about your fav dub. Your fav VA. Let’s celebrate these folks. 💜
I wanna hear about your fav dub. Your fav VA. Let’s celebrate these folks. 💜
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Amazon has rolled out AI dubbed anime and I’m truly appalled. Like it or loathe it, the medium has a rich, incredible history of English performances. There’s already a million reasons to hate Amazon, but fuck me.
I wanna hear about your fav dub. Your fav VA. Let’s celebrate these folks. 💜
I wanna hear about your fav dub. Your fav VA. Let’s celebrate these folks. 💜
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AI dubs aren't just an attempt to replace voice actors. Engineering, mixing, writing, directing, and QC are also cut, narrowed down to a single prompter.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
AI dubs aren't just an attempt to replace voice actors. Engineering, mixing, writing, directing, and QC are also cut, narrowed down to a single prompter.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
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Let's be honest, here. This is a company that can easily pay a decent wage for human actors, but it's also a company that - when tasked with growing, decided that having drivers piss in bottles and warehouse workers stress-cry in closets was an acceptable tradeoff.
They're a fucking trash corpo.
They're a fucking trash corpo.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Let's be honest, here. This is a company that can easily pay a decent wage for human actors, but it's also a company that - when tasked with growing, decided that having drivers piss in bottles and warehouse workers stress-cry in closets was an acceptable tradeoff.
They're a fucking trash corpo.
They're a fucking trash corpo.
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🐎🐎🐎
who doesn't like free shit? i'm giving away your choice of one of our new hoodies & crewneck sweatshirts!
repost this & follow the account and i'll pick a winner on Thursday 12/4‼️
also come thru to the shop, there's a sale 'til next friday 🆒
who doesn't like free shit? i'm giving away your choice of one of our new hoodies & crewneck sweatshirts!
repost this & follow the account and i'll pick a winner on Thursday 12/4‼️
also come thru to the shop, there's a sale 'til next friday 🆒
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
🐎🐎🐎
who doesn't like free shit? i'm giving away your choice of one of our new hoodies & crewneck sweatshirts!
repost this & follow the account and i'll pick a winner on Thursday 12/4‼️
also come thru to the shop, there's a sale 'til next friday 🆒
who doesn't like free shit? i'm giving away your choice of one of our new hoodies & crewneck sweatshirts!
repost this & follow the account and i'll pick a winner on Thursday 12/4‼️
also come thru to the shop, there's a sale 'til next friday 🆒
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Reject AI. Embrace humanity.
youtu.be/jFZ5QyLiGLc?...
youtu.be/jFZ5QyLiGLc?...
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Reject AI. Embrace humanity.
youtu.be/jFZ5QyLiGLc?...
youtu.be/jFZ5QyLiGLc?...
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So infuriating as it is that Amazon is dabbling in AI dubs, we've got to make sure that the response here is to emphasize the value of the proper dubs they've been doing rather than just the rejection of AI.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So infuriating as it is that Amazon is dabbling in AI dubs, we've got to make sure that the response here is to emphasize the value of the proper dubs they've been doing rather than just the rejection of AI.
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As someone who loves to watch so-bad-its-good content PLEASE understand you can't give shit like this the time of day
The only way to convince these companies to not use AI dubbing is to show it's not profitable, STAY AWAY from hate-watching and instead spend that time watching dubs you love
The only way to convince these companies to not use AI dubbing is to show it's not profitable, STAY AWAY from hate-watching and instead spend that time watching dubs you love
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
As someone who loves to watch so-bad-its-good content PLEASE understand you can't give shit like this the time of day
The only way to convince these companies to not use AI dubbing is to show it's not profitable, STAY AWAY from hate-watching and instead spend that time watching dubs you love
The only way to convince these companies to not use AI dubbing is to show it's not profitable, STAY AWAY from hate-watching and instead spend that time watching dubs you love
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The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
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Hey just so you know Amazon decided to give us an AI ENGLISH DUB of Banana Fish instead of actually hiring real voice actors
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Hey just so you know Amazon decided to give us an AI ENGLISH DUB of Banana Fish instead of actually hiring real voice actors
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
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It's here. Now what do we do?
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It's here. Now what do we do?
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anime fashion rules
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
anime fashion rules
@vgp-videogamesplus.bsky.social being awesome as always
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
@vgp-videogamesplus.bsky.social being awesome as always
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After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
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November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🔥🦃 Partner Push Weekly Schedule! 🦃🔥
💎 Tue: My Wife Threw Out My Card Collection (So I Bought a Dump to Find Them All), is a dream come true
💎 Fri: Never tried a Telltale game, so let's play The Wolf Among Us!
💎 Sat: It would be super cool of you to watch my FFXI hyper fixation 👉👈
💎 Tue: My Wife Threw Out My Card Collection (So I Bought a Dump to Find Them All), is a dream come true
💎 Fri: Never tried a Telltale game, so let's play The Wolf Among Us!
💎 Sat: It would be super cool of you to watch my FFXI hyper fixation 👉👈