Overview

• At San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, Matthew Lawrence proposed using artificial intelligence to recreate Robin Williams’s voice.
• Lawrence said he would move forward only with explicit approval from Williams’s family.
• He was inspired by a pre-2014 commercial in which Williams used a computerized voiceover.
• Lawrence suggested having the AI-generated voice provide driving directions on smartphones.
• The plan faces a 25-year trust restriction on using Williams’s voice or likeness and has drawn mixed public reactions.