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by tonyarkles 224 days ago
To some degree, you could make the same argument about written books and audio books. Mostly I listen to audiobooks because I’m often bored in the car and learning something seems like a good use of my time.
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An audio book is usually read by an actor, or the author, and often has a performative quality to it. I'm honestly not interested in anything read by a machine unless it's absolutely indistinguishable from a professional person, and current machine-voice-synthesis (AI or not) isn't there.