Researcher: AI voice bots still lack social common sense, far from passing affective Turing test
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-11-11
Joshua Saxe notes he expected AI voice/video bots to pass an affective Turing test by now, enabling bonds useful for tutoring/therapy but risky for social engineering. In practice, bots lack social common sense and a good theory of mind, with progress feeling flat — which he calls bullish for AI safety.
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