Oh I dont think there won't by ANY voice actors, just that they will be the exception. A selling point for certain market segments in fact. "Oh wow this production features a super famous HUMAN voice actor." VA, like the visual arts, will become more like a high-value craft trade making bespoke creations. It won't be the industry standard, for better or worse.

We'll have to agree to disagree on the metaphysical aspect. Perhaps I just don't hold (voice) actors in high enough esteem. I admit they have a talent that I don't, but they might as well be advanced parrots. It's not an issue of denying the artistic, "human" element - maybe you hear what I don't. It's just that most gamers like me only need something that's "good enough". The masses don't understand and don't care about high art in their shooty games.

AI is being treated like it is something fundamentally unknowable as a technological advance, but it isn't. ... It did not end fundamental human expressionism.

On all that I agree. I just think this isn't a good example of that, not as strong as the visual arts. Voice acting is a more advanced form of screwing widgets together that factory robots can do. Yeah you still have people managing the factory, and people filling in the gaps, so I certainly don't ascribe to the socialists' panic that AI will steal everyone's jobs. You'll still have some people in the industry doing things only humans can do.