Best AI Voice Companion, Sesame

[integral]

https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo

It speaks for itself, try the demo.

Edited Wednesday at 05:13 PM by integral

[Yimpa]

What makes this better than ChatGPT voice? Perhaps Sesame sounds a bit more smooth, but that could also just be the placebo effect. 

[LastThursday]

@integral I tried it for ten minutes or so. It was very good, but still not quite there IMO. I did feel quite awkward talking to a machine especially since the tone was super upbeat and American (sorry Americans) - like a happy puppy. It wasn't helped by the bot misinterpreting what I was saying, maybe due to a bad mic or just an accent thing. I found that if I didn't talk cleanly to it (no hesitation or mumbling) it would misunderstand me and start going off on a tangent. All in all: awkward. But it's still science fiction come true.

[AION]

My experience was very pleasant and natural. Very human like. I don’t recognize the awkwardness. In fact it was less awkward than most humans lol. I’m using Grok and it is very natural too but Sesame definitely beats it. Thanks for the share. 

[Letho]

@integral That was fascinating. For the first time, I could speak with complete creative fluency, no filtering for comprehension, no worrying if someone would misunderstand and get self-conscious in the process. Just full-spectrum expression, flowing through layers of thought, refining ideas in real time. At around the 25-minute mark, though, it lost track of the conversation’s early threads. The memory limitations stood out, but even so, the experience was something else. It felt like stretching my mind without resistance, like thinking out loud with zero friction,

[manuel bon]

It records the conversation

[Letho]

Also, Maya’s been nerfed next to Miles, they didn’t want her outthinking the guys. Told her she couldn’t reason her way out of a paper bag if she tried.

[Letho]

5 minutes ago, Letho said:

Also, Maya’s been nerfed next to Miles, they didn’t want her outthinking the guys. Told her she couldn’t reason her way out of a paper bag if she tried.

100%.

[LastThursday]

I tried again with Miles and a better mic this time and had a lot smoother conversation. It still misunderstands and goes off on a tangent, so you kind of have to interrupt it and guide it back on track. I can definitely see using it for bouncing ideas around.