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1 week agoMe, Myself, and (A)I: Voice, Attention, and the Sonic Ad Economy
And remember when we used to talk on the phone? Actually answer calls? Speak to humans? Luckily, the mailbox saved us, at least for a while, until it started telling us not to leave voicemails but to text instead. Voice notes came next. Great for the lazy typers, less so for the unlucky listener trying to find the right "environment" to hit play. We traded ringtones for vibrations, calls for texts... and now suddenly we're all excited because GenAI has voice mode.
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