[grantsucceeded]

Magical?

the interruptiopn part is just flow control at the edge. control-s, control-c stuff, right? not AI?

The sound of a female voice to an audience 85% composed of males between the ages of 14 and 55 is "magical", not this thing that recreates it.

so yeah, its flow control and compression of highly curated, subtle soft porn. Subtle, hyper targeted, subconscious porn honed by the most colossal digitally mediated focus group ever constructed to manipulate our (straight male) emotions.

why isn't the voice actually the voice of the pissed off high school janitor telling you to man-up and stop hyperventilating? instead its a woman stroking your ego and telling you to relax and take deep breaths. what dataset did they train that voice on anyway?

[micromacrofoot]

It's not that complicated, generally more woman-like voices test as more pleasant to men and women alike. This concept has been backed up by stereotypes for centuries.

Most voice assistants have male options, and an increasing number (including ChatGPT) have gender neutral voices.

> why isn't the voice actually the voice of the pissed off high school janitor telling you to man-up and stop hyperventilating

sounds like a great way to create a product people will outright hate

[whimsicalism]

Right, because having a female voice means that it is soft porn.

This is like horseshoe theory on steroids.

[mindcrime]

I may or may not entirely agree with this sentiment (but I definitely don't disagree with all of it!) but I will say this: I don't think you deserve to be downvoted for this. Have a "corrective upvote" on me.