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OpenAI’s new voice mode threw me into the uncanny valley
OpenAI’s new Advanced Voice Mode, reminiscent of the movie Her, sounds almost too human.
Between conventional queries, I could get it to cough, inhale and exhale deeply, clap its nonexistent hands, snap its fingers six times, and sing my name. “I’ve been designed to sound natural and engaging, with the goal of making our conversations feel more lifelike,” the OpenAI chatbot told me. Trying to ask more in-depth questions, I tried reading out posts from the “relationship advice” subreddit, but it would stop listening and not answer if I talked too long.
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