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Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online (arstechnica.com)

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In late 2013, the Spike Jonze film Her imagined a future where people would form emotional connections with AI voice assistants. Nearly 12 years later, that fictional premise has veered closer to reality with the release of a new conversational voice model from AI startup Sesame that has left many users both fascinated and unnerved.

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[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

Here's the video from the article:

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I would not be able to tell this is AI.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago

For reference, this is what Maya reminds me of, Merle Dandridge, VA for Half Life 2's Alyx Vance.

I've skipped to some slower commentary, just so that you can kinda see what a human and AI can sound like with similar pacing while reflecting on a question:

https://youtu.be/GCgkK-Y_uwg?t=8m

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