Marc Andreessen's recent appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast presented a striking example of AI promotion (or AI hype, as you please). We can discuss his extraordinary claims and predictions another time. My topic this morning is something Andreessen does that AI still can't do, namely talk like a human being. I'm referring to the way that humans talk in spontaneous conversation, not in fluent reading or in well-rehearsed presentations, which AI text-to-speech can imitate increasingly well. I brought up a similar point a couple of years ago, in "Spontaneous SCOTUS" (3/2/2024). The background there was an effort to recreate U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments, from transcripts made before the court starting making tape recordings in 1955. Actors read the transcripts, voice morphing was applied, and the result was a success. But a problem remained, as the cited post notes: There are many things besides individual vocal identity that transcripts leave out. And even a skilled actor reading a…
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