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This just made me realize that every time you see a strong AI in fiction, it still has a computer-sounding voice. If we ever develop strong AI, we will probably

This just made me realize that every time you see a strong AI in fiction, it still has a computer-sounding voice. If we ever develop strong AI, we will probably already have perfectly natural speech synthesis. And if not, the AI could develop it for us. But I suppose an AI might choose to use a computer-sounding voice to remind us that it is a computer. Kind of like those inaccurate sound effects in movies - they have become so common that it seems more wrong to omit them. (TV Tropes calls this "The Coconut Effect".)

banderman 9y ago
I recommend watching the scifi film "Her", it has a different take on this.
- MBCook 9y ago
  That was a great movie. There is always the chance that as we get better at this stuff we'll start to find it creepy that it's so realistic (either due to the uncanny valley or because we crossed the valley) and we'll start to prefer devices that act robotic even though we know we could make the indistinguishable. I'm trying to think of another example. I know I've heard a good one with Roombas but I can't remember it. Basically we may try to avoid a Bladerunner situation where we're not sure when we are or aren't talking to a real person and prefer the 'computery' voices.
  - digi_owl 9y ago
    Well there is always Data, and how he was made to be less human after the researchers found Lore to be unsettling.
    - MBCook 9y ago
      Excellent example. I'd forgotten about Lore.
digi_owl 9y ago
Anyone else find themselves thinking about Data, and why he was portrayed the way he was?