Wearable Four Degree of Freedom Upper-Limb Soft Robotic Rehabilitation Device, Disney Doesn't Care: Analyzing Ethical Failures in the AI Replication of James Earl Jones's Voice Through Care Ethics
This undergraduate thesis examines ethical failures in the AI voice replication of James Earl Jones by Disney using care ethics, while also describing a technical project developing a wearable soft robotic rehabilitation device for stroke patients. The author reflects on how analyzing corporate failures in AI deployment informed safer, more user-centric engineering practices. The document combines technical design documentation for an upper-limb exoskeleton with an STS (Science, Technology, and Society) research paper on voice cloning and accountability.
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Researchers, students, and engineers interested in the intersection of care ethics, soft robotics, and AI voice cloning.
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The document covers an undergraduate thesis project analyzing the ethical implications of AI voice replication through care ethics and detailing the design of a soft robotic rehabilitation device for stroke patients.
The document does not provide formal regulatory guidelines, legal enforcement mechanisms, or industry-wide technical standards for AI development.
- AI voice replication raises important questions regarding care ethics and corporate responsibility toward users and performers.
- A lightweight, wearable soft robotic exoskeleton can provide an accessible and inexpensive at-home rehabilitation option for stroke survivors.
- Examining corporate ethical failures in AI deployment directly informs and improves safety and user-centric design in engineering projects.
- The integration of James Earl Jones's AI voice replica in Fortnite demonstrated a lack of attentiveness to consumers, employees, and labor unions like SAG-AFTRA.
· Abstract · Technical Project: Wearable Four Degree of Freedom Upper-Limb Soft Robotic Rehabilitation Device · STS Research Paper: Disney Doesn't Care: Analyzing Ethical Failures in the AI Replication of James Earl Jones's Voice Through Care Ethics · Conclusion and Reflection
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Accountability
2/5Clear responsibility for AI outcomes
My STS Research Paper focuses on how Disney has treated the AI voice replica James Earl Jones authorized for the character of Darth Vader.
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Fairness
0/5Non-discrimination and equitable treatment
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Human Dignity
2/5Respect for the inherent worth of persons
I argue that implementing this voice in Fortnite alone is an abuse of power that shows no proper care for Jones’s voice or attention to the actors’ union
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Human Oversight
0/5Humans remain in control of consequential decisions
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Privacy
0/5Protection of personal data and private life
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Transparency
0/5Openness about how AI systems work and are used
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Enforcement
0/5Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force
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Impact Assessment
0/5Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use
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