GoKawiilFactory AI engineer says he trained AI voice clone to read bedtime stories to newborn
Alvin Sng, a software engineer at startup Factory AI, posted on X that rather than reading a book aloud to his newborn himself, he offered to play an audiobook, then proposed training a voice model of himself to narrate it. He captioned the exchange 'Parenting hits different when you work in AI'; the post has since been deleted. The anecdote follows earlier comments from OpenAI's Sam Altman about using ChatGPT and AI-generated podcasts in place of everyday parent-child conversation.
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The episode illustrates how some AI industry figures are framing automation as a solution even for intimate, low-tech tasks like reading to a child, which critics argue undermines bonding rather than enhancing convenience. It suggests a broader cultural impulse within parts of the AI sector to 'optimize' personal and emotional labor, a framing the source piece treats skeptically. Whether such tools see wider adoption by parents remains speculative, resting on anecdotal social media posts rather than product data.
- A Factory AI engineer proposed using a trained AI voice clone instead of reading to his baby himself.
- The post, since deleted, echoed earlier remarks by OpenAI's Sam Altman about using AI in parenting.
- Critics argue outsourcing such moments to AI could affect parent-child bonding, though this remains an interpretive concern rather than a proven outcome.
Source: futurism.com — Frank Landymore, 2026-10-08
Published there as: “Don’t Want to Spend Time With Your Kids? Train an AI Voice Model of Yourself to Read Them Bedtime Stories”
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