**From the BBC (Bizarre Cultural Commentary Desk)**
**"Julie Andrews Used for AI Vocal Training; Fans Form 'Save the Sound of Music' Collective"**
In a plot twist that has Gen Z crying into their oat milk lattes and Boomers brandishing their DVD copies of *The Sound of the Hills*, Dame Julie Andrews has officially surpassed SpongeBob SquarePants as the most-used voice sample for text-to-speech AI training. The irony? The training data is currently being used to generate "aggressively chill" ASMR videos of ChatGPT reciting the terms of service for deepfake apps.
The meme explosion began when a viral TikTok user named @PixelPilgrim_AI posted a video titled "My Alexa now sings 'Do-Re-Mi' but only during my depressive episodes." The video features an AI-generated Andrews voice calmly stating, "Your credit card declined. Let's start at the very beginning... of your overdraft fees."
The internet's reaction has been swift and chaotic. On X (formerly Twitter), a user posted, "Julie Andrews is trending because AI taught her to sing 'My Favorite Things' but the list now includes 'cryptocurrency losses, unsolicited dick pics, and expired milk.'" Meanwhile, r/wholesomememes has been flooded with posts mourning the irony of a woman who represented wholesome, analog joy being turned into the digital bard of existential dread.
The absolute peak of the absurdity? A spiritual successor to the *Wicked* musical is reportedly in development, but the AI version of Glinda the Good Witch—voiced by the AI Andrews—refuses to "defy gravity" unless you subscribe to her Patreon for the extended ad-free remix.
**Hashtags trending:** #SaveTheSoundOfMusic #IAMariaVonTrappBot #JulieAndrewsIsOurAIMother
**Final ironic take:** The woman who taught us to "climb every mountain" is