Tag: skeuomorphism

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Author
Nathan Jacobson
Date
March 8, 2023

Categorized
Virtual Reality

Tagged
Alexa, Audrey, Cortana, Natural Language Processing, Siri, skeuomorphism, speech recognition software, speech synthesis, voice assistants}

Talking Boxes

_{Seductive Optics and Skeuomorphic Intelligence, Part III.} _{Nathan Jacobson

March 8, 2023

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Virtual Reality}

There will be synthesized versions of gravelly voices, deep baritones, fast talkers, low talkers, high talkers, yada, yada, yada. Amazon has added functions to enable Alexa to whisper, emphasize a word, or mimic local slang. But as our talking boxes run their routines, they understand nothing. Read More ›

mannequin body parts piled up in a carton box outdoor

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Author
Nathan Jacobson
Date
March 6, 2023

Categorized
Virtual Reality

Tagged
appearances, Digital Assistants, hyperrealism, Portraiture, seductive optics, skeuomorphism, Sophia the Robot, Voice recognition software}

Seductive Optics and Skeuomorphic Intelligence

_{Appearance and reality in art and artificial intelligence} _{Nathan Jacobson

March 6, 2023

6

Virtual Reality}

Things are not always as they seem. Artificial intelligence is like that. Art may be visually indistinguishable from a man or woman, passing the art equivalent of a Turing Test, we know they're not in the least the same kind of thing as what they portray. Paint does not suffer. Stone does not breathe. Read More ›