OpenAI’s new voice mode threw me into the uncanny valley

Posted under: AI technologies
Date: 2024-08-16
OpenAI’s new voice mode threw me into the uncanny valley

OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode is the new ChatGPT feature that sounds strangely like a human. It says “um” and “uh.” It laughs. It changes tone when talking about difficult or upbeat topics. But Juniper added sometimes eerily human touches. It could cough, inhale, and exhale deeply, clap its nonexistent hands, snap its fingers six times, and sing my name. 

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