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What happens to language when machines start talking back?

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Briefings

A social media post from a few months ago describes a user struggling to listen to audiobooks with AI voices that sound breathless. This anecdote serves as the initial evidence for a broader discussion on how human language perception shifts when machines begin generating audio content.

Key points

• A user reported difficulty listening to audiobooks featuring AI voices described as 'breathless' on social media.
• This specific anecdote is the only known evidence for the phenomenon of AI voice quality affecting human listening experience.

Context and limitations

The evidence is limited to a single social media post from a few months ago, with no data on the scale of the issue, specific dates of widespread adoption, or quantitative analysis of voice quality.

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