The Future of Voice Interaction (With Justin Uberti)
Fixie.ai, AI.town, voice cloning, nature of human conversation, and more!
AI Inside · Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis
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Show Notes
Justin Uberti, creator of WebRTC and now Founder of Fixie.ai, shares insights into the development of AI.town, a platform for engaging with AI personalities through voice, and the potential impact of conversational AI on various industries.
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INTERVIEW TOPICS
- Introduction to Justin's background (WebRTC, Hangouts Video, Duo, Stadia)
- The shift towards conversational AI and voice interactions
- Fixie.ai and AI.town - enabling voice conversations with AI characters
- Transitioning from text-based to voice-based AI interactions, potential use cases
- Creating AI characters, enabling role-play conversations
- Ethical considerations and voice cloning technology
- The nature of human conversation (filler words, turn-taking protocols)
- Incorporating human conversational quirks into AI speech
- V1 vs V2 voice technology (speech recognition - text - speech vs. direct speech-to-speech)
- Open-source speech AI model Ultravox.ai, leaderboard for fastest AI models (thefastest.ai)
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