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Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia

What happens to language when machines start talking back?

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A few months ago, a friend posted something that caught my eye on social media. She struggled listening to what she termed “(literally) breathless AI voices for audiobooks”.

When I asked her what part she found the most off-putting, she said she had to stop listening because there was no natural breathing or variation – it’s just too formulaic.

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