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Dead Stars Can't Say No: AI and the Consent Crisis in Hollywood Netflix just proved that Hollywood doesn't need your permission to bring you back from the dead. Per Engadget, Netflix used an AI-generated version of Gene Wilder's voice to narrate a new reality competition show based on Willy Wonka—a project that exists in zero parallel universes where the actor, who passed away in 2002, ever signed off on it. This isn't a technical feat worth celebrating. It's a warning label we collectively ignored, now tattooed across the entertainment industry's future. The consent crisis in AI-generated voice cloning isn't coming.…