AI worker's solution to bedtime stories: train a voice model of himself
joonasvirtanen · x · 2026-10-08
A viral AI-industry joke: asked to read a bedtime story to his baby, an AI practitioner suggests playing an audiobook, and when his wife objects that it wouldn't be in his voice, he offers to simply train a voice model. "Parenting hits different when you work in AI."
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