OpenAI's update to ChatGPT's Advanced Voice is terrible
I pulled up ChatGPT's Advanced Voice yesterday and was surprised and disappointed by the updates. The old Advanced Voices were slightly robotic but in a magical way. It was impossible for a human to be so positive and consistent, but that's what made the experience wonderful! It doesn't need to sound human. The new voice now uses "ums" and "ahs" in conversations. I asked it a simple question, and in a one sentence reply, it managed to say "um" for no reason. It sounded like it had just smoked a bowl. I can't wrap my head around why they did this. This seems like an amateur mistake. 2 comments on Hacker News.
I pulled up ChatGPT's Advanced Voice yesterday and was surprised and disappointed by the updates. The old Advanced Voices were slightly robotic but in a magical way. It was impossible for a human to be so positive and consistent, but that's what made the experience wonderful! It doesn't need to sound human. The new voice now uses "ums" and "ahs" in conversations. I asked it a simple question, and in a one sentence reply, it managed to say "um" for no reason. It sounded like it had just smoked a bowl. I can't wrap my head around why they did this. This seems like an amateur mistake.
I pulled up ChatGPT's Advanced Voice yesterday and was surprised and disappointed by the updates. The old Advanced Voices were slightly robotic but in a magical way. It was impossible for a human to be so positive and consistent, but that's what made the experience wonderful! It doesn't need to sound human. The new voice now uses "ums" and "ahs" in conversations. I asked it a simple question, and in a one sentence reply, it managed to say "um" for no reason. It sounded like it had just smoked a bowl. I can't wrap my head around why they did this. This seems like an amateur mistake. 2 comments on Hacker News.
I pulled up ChatGPT's Advanced Voice yesterday and was surprised and disappointed by the updates. The old Advanced Voices were slightly robotic but in a magical way. It was impossible for a human to be so positive and consistent, but that's what made the experience wonderful! It doesn't need to sound human. The new voice now uses "ums" and "ahs" in conversations. I asked it a simple question, and in a one sentence reply, it managed to say "um" for no reason. It sounded like it had just smoked a bowl. I can't wrap my head around why they did this. This seems like an amateur mistake.
Hacker News story: OpenAI's update to ChatGPT's Advanced Voice is terrible
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