The Traitor, a Detective and Spy Story by Somerset Maugham

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  • @mataform
    @mataform 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    I am an actress and I am truly dismayed that Ai is doing our jobs for us when we have worked hard to train, often struggle to make enough money to continue and do every other jobs, to have our livelihood removed and not done very well by AI. There is no real feel to this and the voice becomes robotic and flat in part. But I love Maugham's stories nevertheless.

    • @neuralsurfer
      @neuralsurfer  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I understand but these are real people who contributed and have had their voices augmented for scale. Also thousands of dollars are spent out of pocket for such. No one is used who didn’t consciously submit.

    • @eshiestrik2756
      @eshiestrik2756 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There is no way that this was AI! There is far too much expression and warnth in the voice.
      AI is emotionless and doesn't have the flow of words that this Reader has. Pronunciation, punctuation and annunciation is read in the right places, and his English grammar perfect! ❤

    • @unigweobinna4627
      @unigweobinna4627 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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    • @ruthojen
      @ruthojen 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I am just saying, although I enjoy listening to the stories I find mutilation of words in English, German and Italian demoralizing, where a true human would take the time to pronounce them correctly. I do notice that you’ve changed the volume in the pitch occasionally to create a more confidential reader to listener vibe. It is what it is they are OK they would be better with a human doing it. This is where AI is right now.

    • @AriaSuperBass
      @AriaSuperBass 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@eshiestrik2756
      ​Apparently, they clone actual human voices to use in these stories. So, a real person's voice,but not read by a human!

  • @arneashbee7514
    @arneashbee7514 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    There is a TV film called The Traitor, 1959 with Mai Zetterling, Donald Pleasance, which is adapted directly from the book. Haven’t watched it yet though.

  • @ginamori4970
    @ginamori4970 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ive been listening to these all to pass the time, they are interesting reeds.
    Im glad so many reader's like stories with twits and turns.
    It beats the mudane of a paint by number's existence for some folk's lives.
    Wonderful folklore! ❤

  • @NannyOggins
    @NannyOggins 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    interesting story. I dislike the AI because of the weird stresses and sentence breaks but its a free book so we have to endure it.

    • @eshiestrik2756
      @eshiestrik2756 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There is no way that this was AI! There is far too much expression and warnth in the voice.
      AI is emotionless and doesn't have the flow of words that this Reader has. Pronunciation, punctuation and annunciation is read in the right places, and his English grammar perfect! ❤

    • @gaylebabcock2728
      @gaylebabcock2728 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ppl😊​@@eshiestrik2756

  • @ainternet239
    @ainternet239 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    It’s a shame that hardly anyone writes prose of this quality anymore

  • @brendabiffibaldovino8306
    @brendabiffibaldovino8306 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you very much for sharing 💙💙💙

  • @deosiewilson732
    @deosiewilson732 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well read ......good voice ..... thanks for the story...🎉🎉

    • @ballyhoo48
      @ballyhoo48 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its a bloody computer

  • @novascheller5957
    @novascheller5957 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love how stark and simple Maugham’s endings are.

  • @Buce-ku9vx
    @Buce-ku9vx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Love the graphics! Thanks

  • @charlieburton9488
    @charlieburton9488 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Eight adverts in the first twenty minutes? Killed the momentum

  • @harbinger2838
    @harbinger2838 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    A superb story.

  • @AlgorithmEngagementEntity
    @AlgorithmEngagementEntity 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Brilliantly shared.

  • @lindarodman5014
    @lindarodman5014 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Delighted with the stories, curious about why AI. No starving actors about there?

    • @neuralsurfer
      @neuralsurfer  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Every voice here is a real person who has authorized their use via augmentation.

    • @eshiestrik2756
      @eshiestrik2756 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There is no way that this was AI! There is far too much expression and warnth in the voice.
      AI is emotionless and doesn't have the flow of words that this Reader has. Pronunciation, punctuation and annunciation is read in the right places, and his English grammar perfect! ❤

    • @rachelkosbar7111
      @rachelkosbar7111 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@eshiestrik2756above you will find the account itself confirming this is AI. Newer AI uses the voices of real actors. It takes hours of audio from people, who are paid scale for that time at least, and then modulates it to make it feel mostly natural in the reading of new texts. Hence the very odd mispronunciations of some words and the misuse of certain homonyms in their context. It mostly works, I suppose, but is insidious in that it can get even you to come to it's defence despite the account confirming it's use.
      It truly doesn't work for some authors I will say. Listed to Hemingway on here. The last of proper feeling in the AI reading truly makes his repetitive style of writing feels like your reading a middle schooler's writing. I guess I've never been a huge Hemingway fan, but the reading of Big Two-Hearted River was just awful!

  • @annemaxwell9975
    @annemaxwell9975 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Great stories. Just realised read by AI. German pronounced as, with a G for golf and Ally pronounced as in Alley! Lol

    • @Clarice-e6g
      @Clarice-e6g 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Thank you, I don't do AI, I believe in payment for humans.

    • @LulasSong
      @LulasSong 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@Clarice-e6g
      ♥️♥️♥️

    • @guidofaria6721
      @guidofaria6721 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That's why I found something strange at times. Lol

    • @eshiestrik2756
      @eshiestrik2756 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There is no way that this was AI! There is far too much expression and warnth in the voice.
      AI is emotionless and doesn't have the flow of words that this Reader has. Pronunciation, punctuation and annunciation is read in the right places, and his English grammar perfect! ❤

    • @stevecharman8420
      @stevecharman8420 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes, certainly AI but fairly good. It gets very ragged around the 26:34 mark. However it's ridiculous for people to complain about the non-payment of a human to read when they're getting a free service.

  • @margaretcook560
    @margaretcook560 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    There is no expression in this narration. Is it AI?

    • @Clarice-e6g
      @Clarice-e6g 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes

    • @paulaeppley3569
      @paulaeppley3569 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Clarice-e6gI can’t stand AI. 😡

    • @Clarice-e6g
      @Clarice-e6g 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@paulaeppley3569 I now say that I am leaving becausr of AI.....apart fron nauseating delivery I believe a HUMAN (remember them) shoud have a paying job...otherwise we will all be reduntant .🤔😘

    • @eshiestrik2756
      @eshiestrik2756 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      What are you talking about? There is heaps of expression!
      IT IS NOT AI!!!
      There is no way that this was AI!
      There is far too much expression and warnth in the voice.
      The narrator has the required flow of words that this person has.
      His pronunciation, punctuation and annunciation is read in the right places, and his English accent and ENGLISH grammar is perfect! That is what makes it such an interesting story ❤

    • @VickersDoorter
      @VickersDoorter 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@eshiestrik2756 So Cuckoo pronounced as Coo-coo, ally as alley and German as gerr-man? What kind of perfect English is that?

  • @Grace.allovertheplace
    @Grace.allovertheplace 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you 🙏

  • @judithtrigg1694
    @judithtrigg1694 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Loved the hitchcock film.thank you for this.

    • @lauragranger9813
      @lauragranger9813 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      which hitchcock was this?

    • @judithtrigg1694
      @judithtrigg1694 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Secret agent starring John Gielgud and Peter lore.​@@lauragranger9813

  • @kunnakunna1508
    @kunnakunna1508 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The eerie howl of the dog marks the end of his master .l feel sad for the dog.Sad story .

  • @ginagabriel2613
    @ginagabriel2613 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    👏👏👏🙏💕

  • @eshiestrik2756
    @eshiestrik2756 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    For all those stating that the narration is AI, without proof and maybe not listening all the way through, IT IS NOT AI!!!
    There is no way that this was AI!
    There is far too much expression and warnth in the voice.
    THE narrator has the required flow of words that this person has.
    His pronunciation, punctuation and annunciation is read in the right places, and his English accent and ENGLISH grammar is perfect! That is what makes it such an interesting story ❤

    • @irissustainableplanning6713
      @irissustainableplanning6713 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      As an English person, I assure you that no English person prounounces Ally as Ali.

    • @stevecharman8420
      @stevecharman8420 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Heaven knows why you're insisting it's a human voice when it's so obviously not (can't you hear all those glitches?). Nevertheless, we're all here listening so obviously the AI voice doesn't put us off.

    • @carolthomas8528
      @carolthomas8528 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Of course his grammar is perfect - he’s “reading” Somerset Maugham ‘s words QED ! The voice is expressionless and much pronunciation and intonation is totally wrong .

    • @carolthomas8528
      @carolthomas8528 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@stevecharman8420 You’re absolutely right . Nowhere else can I find such a comprehensive collection of these stories so it’s Hobson’s Choice isn’t it ?

    • @VickersDoorter
      @VickersDoorter 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @eshiestrik2756 - Take the time to read the channel description. It explains the use of AI augmented human voices and that they pay $1000 a month to use it. It is pretty good nontheless, even if the intonation and metre is a bit duff on occasion. There are also giveaways such as pronouncing Basel "Bars-le", ally "Alley" and Cuckoo "Coo-coo". No reasonably-educated native English speaker would make those errors.

  • @dqvu5591
    @dqvu5591 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Who is the narrator please!

    • @paperback10
      @paperback10 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      AI

    • @Clarice-e6g
      @Clarice-e6g 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you liked it I hope your way of life is taken over by ai....with respect.

    • @eshiestrik2756
      @eshiestrik2756 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@paperback10
      There is no way that this was AI! There is far too much expression and warnth in the voice.
      AI is emotionless and doesn't have the flow of words that this Reader has. Pronunciation, punctuation and annunciation is read in the right places, and his English grammar perfect! ❤

    • @paperback10
      @paperback10 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@eshiestrik2756 it is AI

    • @MND139
      @MND139 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@eshiestrik2756 Read the description, he tells you all about it!

  • @paulleverton9569
    @paulleverton9569 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic writing, and pretty good narration. W Somerset Maugham begat Graham Greene, and Graham Greene begat John le Carre.
    To be perfectly frank, there's no one stepping up to fill the shoes left empty by the death of John le Carre.
    Mick Herron writes entertaining books but lacks the storytelling ability of the young Frederick Forsythe or le Carre's examination of human motives
    Tom Rob Smith was recommended to me so I read CHILD 44. Poorly written plagiarism (THE KILLER DEPARTMENT/CITIZEN X) with plot holes that infants could spot. Total gimmick.

    • @pdavis55
      @pdavis55 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It has been stated that not only Graham Greene (a great writer), Ian Fleming owes W. Somerset Maugham as well. Indeed R reminds me of M.

  • @ginagabriel2613
    @ginagabriel2613 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🙏🙏🙏🙏👏💕

  • @loridunstan1129
    @loridunstan1129 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So digital 😔

  • @carolhill9934
    @carolhill9934 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very greasy

  • @LocutorBritanico
    @LocutorBritanico 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AI load of rubbish.