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cm0002 @lemmy.world

6mo ago

Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online

arstechnica.com

Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online

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perishthethought @lemm.ee

6mo ago

Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online

arstechnica.com /ai/2025/03/users-report-emotional-bonds-with-startlingly-realistic-ai-voice-demo/

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I looked into this a bit more and here's a quick video of someone testing out the demo that they have online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7iyWO8XaT0
Direct link to the demo itself:
https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo
- They have a free version on their website you can try yourself without a login.
Woah, that's crazy. It's instantly responsive. I wonder which LLM is feeding it. It must cost a fortune to run for free.
Interesting.
Now if they plugged this into an intelligent agent powered by expert systems instead of a conversational parrot we might start to have actual futuristic AI applications.