Voice models still give themselves away: smooth but repetitive prosody, masked latency filler phrases
dioscuri · x · 2026-10-17
Reacting to a demo where ChatGPT's voice tries to detect whether it's talking to an AI, dioscuri notes how early we still are with truly conversational voice models:
- The prosody is smooth but repetitive — the most telling giveaway.
- Latency is masked fairly well with filler phrases like "hmm, let me think," but it's still detectable if you're listening for it.
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