Azaria voices a number of the show's most iconic characters, including Moe the bartender, Chief Wiggum, and Comic Book Guy.

While The Simpsons has been on the air for longer than some fans have been alive, the show's stars aren't immune to anxiety about new technologies.

Hank Azaria fears the increasing prevalence of AI in Hollywood, especially in terms of voice acting, will cost us all the artform.

Actor Hank Azaria has stepped up onto The New York Time’ s op-ed soapbox, sharing the stage with nine of his vocal characterizations from his 36 years of voice work for The Simpsons, in an entertaining interactive essay that makes an argument for why his voice acting gigs can’t easily be replaced by artificial intelligence.

Hank Azaria expressed fear to The New York Times that artificial intelligence could soon replace him as the voice of several characters on “The Simpsons,” on which he’s been a voice actor since 1989.

Azaria has arguments as to why A.I. could never capture what a person’s voice can. Voiceover work requires commitment and physicality, he explains, pointing to times where he’s thrown a punch or mimicked chewing on a cigar for a performance.