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Computer (voice) as Host/"Talent"

wadio said:
The insertion of the phone number is just as bad as with a human voice!
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I'm not sure some PI ad hawker didn't pay that announcer to just record the digits. I've heard that guy reading 1-800 numbers on PI ads with the exact same intonation for years.

One thing a computer definitely can do is stitch together audio. A clerk somewhere can easily generate a 60 second ad for discount airfare by selecting that copy and typing in a phone number. They get their completed spot in 3 seconds. Rather than emailing the voiceover guy and saying asking him to read the phone number naturally, and taking anywhere from several minutes to days.
 
New technology tends to exist in limited ways for quite awhile, then suddenly there's an inflection point where it replaces the status quo.

Years ago I remember walking into a Sam Goody's (remember them) and being blown away be seeing rows of CDs instead of LPs. I had a CD player and was using CDs but I had no idea they would replace vinyl so quickly and suddenly.

I think the same will happen with autonomous vehicles, hamburger robots, voice synthesis, AI voice, etc. Retail self checkouts are reaching that point. A year ago it was rare to see a Tesla in my area. Now I see two or three every time I leave the house. The name of my next band will be, "Counting Teslas." 😊
 
wadio said:
Years ago I remember walking into a Sam Goody's (remember them) and being blown away be seeing rows of CDs instead of LPs. I had a CD player and was using CDs but I had no idea they would replace vinyl so quickly and suddenly.
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I think in the case of retail stores, they try and anticipate the next "big thing" and that's what they stock in a major way..Especially as bigger sales seasons like Christmas are on the horizon.
 
vchimpanzee said:
Yes he has. Just not as a normal way of doing it.
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There are no fully autonomous vehicles in a non-testing environment on our roads today. Just wait until those Camp Lajeune water lawyers see the first fatal collision of a "self driving" car or truck and that will be the end of that. We've already our first one here in Phoenix (and that was with a licensed driver in the drivers position).
 
wadio said:
I think the same will happen with autonomous vehicles, hamburger robots, voice synthesis, AI voice, etc. Retail self checkouts are reaching that point. A year ago it was rare to see a Tesla in my area. Now I see two or three every time I leave the house. The name of my next band will be, "Counting Teslas." 😊
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Most retail joints having 'automated' checkouts in my area have bar scanners. The stores are much too loud for any kind of voice driven technology.

And, it will be more difficult to count Tesla's in the future as they have to pull off the highway to recharge. :oops:
 
landtuna said:
Most retail joints having 'automated' checkouts in my area have bar scanners. The stores are much too loud for any kind of voice driven technology.
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I just meant that some stores have gone almost 100% automated. They either use scanners or some form of NFC.
 
landtuna said:
There are no fully autonomous vehicles in a non-testing environment on our roads today. Just wait until those Camp Lajeune water lawyers see the first fatal collision of a "self driving" car or truck and that will be the end of that. We've already our first one here in Phoenix (and that was with a licensed driver in the drivers position).
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Okay, non-testing.
 
www.nbcnews.com

When the AI goes haywire, bring on the humans

Surveys found that most organizations are not regularly monitoring AI-based programs after launching them. But human oversight can be crucial.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
^^^
...its artificial intelligence software can wreak havoc if something goes wrong.


(maybe the AI radio host will recommend listening to a competing radio station)


Kirk Bayne
 
wadio said:
I just meant that some stores have gone almost 100% automated. They either use scanners or some form of NFC.
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Supermarket chain Wegman's (or "Wegner's" as Dr. Oz calls it) tried a program where you scan the barcodes of items using an app on your phone as you shop, and then when you're done you can just skip past the checkout and walk out. But predictably, they had to end it when it became a theft magnet.
 
kevtronics said:
Supermarket chain Wegman's (or "Wegner's" as Dr. Oz calls it) tried a program where you scan the barcodes of items using an app on your phone as you shop, and then when you're done you can just skip past the checkout and walk out. But predictably, they had to end it when it became a theft magnet.
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What does that example have to do with AI? It's a portable scanner/point of sale-system.
 
kevtronics said:
Supermarket chain Wegman's (or "Wegner's" as Dr. Oz calls it) tried a program where you scan the barcodes of items using an app on your phone as you shop, and then when you're done you can just skip past the checkout and walk out. But predictably, they had to end it when it became a theft magnet.
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Some stores still have that system but for information only. They run a tab while you shop but you still check out the old-fashioned way.

I wonder though how much stores lose by customers going through the self checkout lane and not ringing every item up?
 
landtuna said:
I wonder though how much stores lose by customers going through the self checkout lane and not ringing every item up?
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Some stores now have an employee at the door checking receipts before you leave. But maybe because I'm white, they've never actually asked to look in my bags and match it to what's on the receipt -- they just barely glance at it.
 
kevtronics said:
Some stores now have an employee at the door checking receipts before you leave. But maybe because I'm white, they've never actually asked to look in my bags and match it to what's on the receipt -- they just barely glance at it.
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I can't speak to the door checkers (who's jobs will likely be automated soon) but I've been flagged by random checks at Stop & Shop's self checkouts. I don't know what triggers these but I doubt that the computers are looking at my skin color!
 
kevtronics said:
Some stores now have an employee at the door checking receipts before you leave. But maybe because I'm white, they've never actually asked to look in my bags and match it to what's on the receipt -- they just barely glance at it.
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At least one of the regular box stores in my suburb has had door checkers for years. They check everyone. Another electronics box retailer (that no longer exists) used to check the bags of everyone leaving the store as far back as 2010 or so, when I started shopping there.

It probably depends on the area and amount of theft that takes place.

I don't know how a robot could do bag checking at the exit any better. But the first box store I referred to just changed all of its checkout to self-service, and they did it fairly quickly.

As for the adoption of self-service checkout, it's not really a change in technology, as they're just outsourcing the checkout job to the customer, who uses the same exact technology. Pretty clever, when you think about it.
 
kfbkfb said:
The singer called the results "a grotesque mockery" and "a travesty".
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Regardless of the artistic issues, there are also legal issues. This DJ is creating a vocal "in the style of Eminem." My first question is: How much have you paid Eminem for his "style?" Art is intellectual property. It belongs to that artist. So when someone comes along with a computer to represent someone else's art without compensation, we call that stealing.
 
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