[tambourine_man]

This is as impressive as it is scary and creepy.

It also tells us something about humans, because it really does feel more engaging having two voices discussing a subject than simple text-to-speech, even though the information density is smaller.

[disqard]

Oral communication is one of the oldest and most powerful inter-human channels (possibly only facial expressions are more primal and powerful) [0]

LLMs have "hacked" this channel, and can participate in a 1:1 conversation with a human (via text chat).

With good text <--> speech, machines can participate in a 1:1 oral conversation with a human.

I'm with you: this is hella scary and creepy.

[0] Walter J Ong: "Orality and Literacy".