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Tom Scott covered it https://youtube.com/watch?v=hNZy603as5w https://youtube.com/watch?v=hNZy603as5w

by buro9 3y ago

IanCal 3y ago
A couple of interesting takeaways from that * They can charge at a slower rate, because they can average it out over the day * They offer frequency balancing to the grid
Klaster_1 3y ago
Here's a detailed analysis from The Limiting Factor I found very thorough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxtS7mjrTvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxtS7mjrTvo
- buro9 3y ago
  As an aside, this is the first video where I can't tell if it's a human speaking or an AI generated voice. The phenomenon of AI voices _and_ American voices choosing to be in a "presentation mode" / "telephone voice" is disconcerting, it weirdly means I trust US voices less. I recall hearing that Irish voices are the most trusted in Western countries, and now I wonder whether that's something to do with the high degree of authenticity in the voice. Edit: I tried to find a source for the Irish voice thing, but it turns out that every country lists a different accent as most trusted, in India it was British, in the UK it's Northern Irish, YMMV so it is probably irrelevant which voice is most trusted. The gist that the US voice being so present in voice assistants, devices, AI voice bots, etc still directionally may indicate a lessening in trust in those accents where it's not obviously tied to a speaker on screen being obviously human. Edit 2: Now I think future demand for video conferencing for support will increase, as people will not trust voice calls at all.
  - Scoundreller 3y ago
    Trust for what though? I'm not going to trust a british accent for a food recipe but I might trust them for advice on hiding money. > The phenomenon of AI voices _and_ American voices choosing to be in a "presentation mode" / "telephone voice" is disconcerting I wonder how much of this is choice, or availability of crisp training data
- Smoosh 3y ago
  I believe that in this case it is a real human voice (possibly with some processing). If you check some of the past videos on the channel, he is in shot, speaking into the camera.

Tom Scott covered it https://youtube.com/watch?v=hNZy603as5w https://youtube.com/watch?v=hNZy603as5w

by buro9 3y ago

Tom Scott covered it https://youtube.com/watch?v=hNZy603as5w https://youtube.com/watch?v=hNZy603as5w

A couple of interesting takeaways from that * They can charge at a slower rate, because they can average it out over the day * They offer frequency balancing to the grid

Klaster_1 3y ago

Here's a detailed analysis from The Limiting Factor I found very thorough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxtS7mjrTvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxtS7mjrTvo

buro9 3y ago
As an aside, this is the first video where I can't tell if it's a human speaking or an AI generated voice. The phenomenon of AI voices _and_ American voices choosing to be in a "presentation mode" / "telephone voice" is disconcerting, it weirdly means I trust US voices less. I recall hearing that Irish voices are the most trusted in Western countries, and now I wonder whether that's something to do with the high degree of authenticity in the voice. Edit: I tried to find a source for the Irish voice thing, but it turns out that every country lists a different accent as most trusted, in India it was British, in the UK it's Northern Irish, YMMV so it is probably irrelevant which voice is most trusted. The gist that the US voice being so present in voice assistants, devices, AI voice bots, etc still directionally may indicate a lessening in trust in those accents where it's not obviously tied to a speaker on screen being obviously human. Edit 2: Now I think future demand for video conferencing for support will increase, as people will not trust voice calls at all.
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  Trust for what though? I'm not going to trust a british accent for a food recipe but I might trust them for advice on hiding money. > The phenomenon of AI voices _and_ American voices choosing to be in a "presentation mode" / "telephone voice" is disconcerting I wonder how much of this is choice, or availability of crisp training data
Smoosh 3y ago
I believe that in this case it is a real human voice (possibly with some processing). If you check some of the past videos on the channel, he is in shot, speaking into the camera.