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Just how human do we actually want AI to be? I have a very strong personal opinion about this — and it’s an emphatic “not at all.”
Example: I’ve been using AI voice mode more often lately. I find it useful, but I also surprise myself with how angry I get when the AI starts behaving like a human.
For example, when it interrupts me, starts talking on and on, or has human affectations like pretending to laugh or saying “mm-hmm” when I’m talking.
Anything that suggests it’s trying to pass itself off as human drives me insane. It distracts me and makes me lose my train of thought.
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Which brings us to Google, and a fascinating new study.
Meet your new AI colleague
Google recently introduced Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, an AI technology designed to make interactions with artificial intelligence much more humanlike.
Instead of interacting with a chatbot by typing questions or talking to a disembodied voice, you can have a conversation with an AI-generated character that looks and acts like a person.