Human conversation runs with near-zero gaps and overlaps — a bar no voice AI meets
literalbanana · x · 2026-09-13
The author marvels at a counterintuitive fact: in human conversation, speakers typically transition with no gap and no overlap. The observation, widely quoted, highlights how far voice AI systems remain from natural turn-taking.
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