This is a tangent but it reminded me of Christopher Hitchens when he used to claim that waterboarding is not torture. He then subjected himself to waterboarding to prove that it's not torture and changed his mind in 5 seconds.

Despite me not agreeing with a lot of what he said I really respected that he was willing to put his belief to the test and then actually changed his mind when he was proven wrong.

Seems a bit dissimilar, demonstrating something is possible right now, out of the realm of fiction, seems like a decent way to incite people do discuss the issue. Especially to a crowd that most likely has no idea of the recent AI advancements and the ease of access to this technology by almost anyone.

That part of the opening written by GPT was an effective illustration of GPT and voice AI capabilities. How it is comparable to using a TV show to justify torture?