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@Doomroar
April 12, 2024 at 12:41 pm
Kevin sounds kind of different on this video
@patrickp.9120
April 12, 2024 at 1:21 pm
Agree, sounds AI generated. If that’s the case, It should seriously be disclaimed that this video makes use of AI voice.
@Conrad500
April 12, 2024 at 1:37 pm
if AI stands for Aging Intellect, this is 100% an AI generated voice
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:50 pm
Hey Doomroar — this is Matt, I’ve worked with Kevin on Vsauce2 for 10 years and co-host The Create Unknown podcast with him, and now we also work together on Popular Science. I’ve had this short story video series idea for a while, and it’s great to have it fit with PopSci.
tl;dr: does not sound like Kevin because it’s Matt
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:51 pm
Hey patrickp — nope, not AI generated! This is Matt, I’ve worked with Kevin on Vsauce2 for 10 years and co-host The Create Unknown podcast with him, and now we also work together on Popular Science. I’ve had this short story video series idea for a while, and it’s great to have it fit with PopSci.
tl;dr: does not sound like Kevin because it’s Matt
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:51 pm
this comment has NO RIGHT to be this funny
@dimaskurnia7835
April 12, 2024 at 12:48 pm
Vsauce2 brought me here. Amazing video tho!
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:46 pm
Hey dimaskurnia, happy to have you over here as well! New videos every week here, and continuing the regular schedule on Vsauce2.
@kuldeepsingh4u
April 12, 2024 at 7:48 pm
Likewise
@forbiddenera
April 23, 2024 at 9:44 am
@@popularscienceso glad you saved it
@BigTimeRushFan2112
April 12, 2024 at 1:09 pm
Proud to call Ohio my home, go Buckeyes!
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:45 pm
“Drive, drive on down that field…”
@BigTimeRushFan2112
April 12, 2024 at 1:53 pm
@@popularscience ‘fight, fight, fight for victory!’
@blakehagins3069
April 12, 2024 at 1:10 pm
Kevin’s voice as AI?! If so not sure how to feel about this
@Z-Ren
April 12, 2024 at 1:21 pm
Its not good, Regular voice much better. I dont care if it takes longer to record the video Its much better with a real voice.
@Conrad500
April 12, 2024 at 1:37 pm
This is the voice of Matthew Tabor. He is in fact an AI
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:53 pm
Hey Blake — nope, Kevin’s working on the next two documentary and tech videos. I’m Matt, I’ve worked with Kevin on Vsauce2 for 10 years and co-host The Create Unknown podcast with him, and now we also work together on Popular Science. I’ve had this short story video series idea for a while, and it’s great to have it fit with PopSci.
tl;dr: does not sound like Kevin because it’s Matt
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:56 pm
Hey Z-Ren, it’s a real voice, just not Kevin’s. 🙂 I (Matt) co-host The Create Unknown podcast with him and have worked on Vsauce2 for 10 years.
@Miracle12348
April 12, 2024 at 1:34 pm
AI voice?
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:52 pm
Hey Miracle — nope, not AI! I’m Matt, I’ve worked with Kevin on Vsauce2 for 10 years and co-host The Create Unknown podcast with him, and now we also work together on Popular Science. I’ve had this short story video series idea for a while, and it’s great to have it fit with PopSci.
tl;dr: does not sound like Kevin because it’s Matt and not AI
@Conrad500
April 12, 2024 at 1:59 pm
@@popularscience Don’t believe him Miracle, he was programmed to say that
@memth02
April 12, 2024 at 1:38 pm
I cannot believe that they made Kevin’s voice AI in this video, it almost sounds like it was voiced by a completely different person that sounds nothing like Kevin.
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:41 pm
Ok, that’s a nice theory, but do you have 200+ podcast episodes of proof to back up your claim? Probably not!
@memth02
April 12, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Shoot, ya got me there.
@aL3891_
April 12, 2024 at 2:00 pm
That sounds like something an ai would say….
@Conrad500
April 12, 2024 at 1:44 pm
BUT WHO’S THEY AND HOW DO I GET THEM TO TELL ME!?
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:44 pm
they’ll let you know when the time is right
@aL3891_
April 12, 2024 at 1:56 pm
A wild Matt appears
@popularscience
April 12, 2024 at 1:59 pm
I spend half my life dodging Poke Balls
@SciMinute
April 12, 2024 at 2:26 pm
Great video! 👍
@1cjckc9oook96
April 12, 2024 at 3:08 pm
I hope i never hit my head reel hard🤞
@spliffmachine1990
April 12, 2024 at 5:35 pm
the voice threw me off for a moment 😀 great video though
@mrdrprof8402
April 12, 2024 at 9:05 pm
So I had the same thought a lot of people have but I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt. Went and looked up some podcast episodes and Matt definitely sounds different here. I’m willing to chalk it up to presenter voice rather than AI (podcast vs video essay after all) but it gives me the same sense of uncanny disquiet most AI voice does. Can’t really put my finger on what’s off but definitely soemthing.
It’s a shame cause the topic is really interesting and I liked listening to Matt on the podcast. However the video needs more dynamic narration. If this is indeed not AI then maybe a other take or two would go a long way, I’ll give the next video a shot!
@mrdrprof8402
April 12, 2024 at 9:05 pm
So I had the same thought a lot of people have but I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt. Went and looked up some podcast episodes and Matt definitely sounds different here. I’m willing to chalk it up to presenter voice rather than AI (podcast vs video essay after all) but it gives me the same sense of uncanny disquiet most AI voice does. Can’t really put my finger on what’s off but definitely soemthing.
It’s a shame cause the topic is really interesting and I liked listening to Matt on the podcast. However the video needs more dynamic narration. If this is indeed not AI then maybe a other take or two would go a long way, I’ll give the next video a shot!
Edit: having listened to the whole video I gotta say the narration is noticeably better in the back half, I believe it’s real. Probably just growing pains in a new style. Overall I liked the video!
@gamingforfun8662
April 13, 2024 at 5:30 am
Hope this channel doesnt die again
@Jolfgard
April 13, 2024 at 8:24 am
4:55
Wouldn’t there be a long tradition of this condition in spaceflight people (I dunno who I can legally call astronaut right now) since then if that was due to entering outer space?
@Nutzername007
April 13, 2024 at 1:01 pm
At least nobody watch this absolutely boring channel what I really support when I hear AI generated voices.
@LT.dans_new_legs
April 13, 2024 at 2:27 pm
It’s not AI it’s another human being you bandwagoning rube
@dunn808hi
April 13, 2024 at 1:20 pm
John Glenn was a United States Marine Corp Pilot. Not Army Air Corps.
@babblo
April 13, 2024 at 1:34 pm
Kevin or death
@LT.dans_new_legs
April 13, 2024 at 2:24 pm
Wait… This is Matt?
ong Matt and Kevin sound like you could be twins… Wild.
@Feralzen
April 16, 2024 at 9:10 am
Can’t believe Ive never heard of this man before. He was in another category than most! What a life!
@memeslich
April 19, 2024 at 2:36 am
One day I hope someone makes a video about the time I fell and knocked myself out in the shower as good as this one.
@aaronlosey7201
April 20, 2024 at 3:01 pm
I miss kevin already
@larrysouthern5098
April 21, 2024 at 6:11 pm
John Glen. a really tough Marine..