I find it interesting the psychology behind this. If the voice in 2001 had proper inflection, it wouldn't have been perceived as a computer.
(also, I remember when voice synthesizers got more sophisticated and Stephen Hawking decided to keep his original first-gen voice because he identified more with it)
I think we'll be going the other way soon. Perfect voices, with the perfect emotional inflection will be perceived as computers.
However I think at some point they may be anthropomorphized and given more credit than they deserve. This will probably be cleverly planned and a/b tested. And then that perfect voice, for you, will get you to give in.
on a tangent...
I find it interesting the psychology behind this. If the voice in 2001 had proper inflection, it wouldn't have been perceived as a computer.
(also, I remember when voice synthesizers got more sophisticated and Stephen Hawking decided to keep his original first-gen voice because he identified more with it)
I think we'll be going the other way soon. Perfect voices, with the perfect emotional inflection will be perceived as computers.
However I think at some point they may be anthropomorphized and given more credit than they deserve. This will probably be cleverly planned and a/b tested. And then that perfect voice, for you, will get you to give in.