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I can hear their voice

> "Dear Fellow Scholars, this is Two Minute Papers.... "

...but is it actually their voice, or just a simulation of it?

"What a time to be alive!"

He makes great videos but I wish he’d use a tool like Vall-E to narrate because his natural vocal cadence is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

The way. He talks. Is like. He puts. A period. Every. Word. Or two.

> The way. He talks. Is like. He puts. A period. Every. Word. Or two.

So... Like Shatner? Sorry, couldn't resist.

His old videos weren’t like that! He certainly had an accent, but his speaking pattern was much less unusual. I think that he’s exaggerated it over time, leaning into it as a part of his channel’s trademark (so-to-speak) style. Kind of silly.

Silly is fine, but like I said this is like nails on the chalkboard for me. To the point where I have to turn his videos off even though I want to watch them.

It’s like when Lex Fridman goes on a tangent about love. I just can’t do it lol.

I think as soon as someone embeds the "excitement" or "sadness" and other emotions as training. Or perhaps combine it with GPT's abilities. There are no voice inflections. It's too dry and non-compelling. It's very much like a non-emotional programmer right now.