[datameta]

Human speech evolved with biological constraints and through neurological adaptions to emit and understand the nonlinear output that has lexically fuzzy areas to the untrained ear. So I think it's a rather "lossy" analog to digital conversion because the computer is simulating understanding of a form of information transfer that it itself is not constrained by (digital systems don't have vocal cords and could transmit anything).

[eru]

You could say that about any form of human communication at all.

[datameta]

Does every other form of human communication have an analog in digital systems that has both the capability to be "better" while also putting a lot of resources into modeling the relatively nonlinear human version?