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Welcome to the World of Audio Computers | Jason Rugolo | TED
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@bozhidarmihaylov
May 8, 2024 at 4:50 pm
Creepy Serious Voice 😂
This Cold ain’t natural Bro!
Focus on the Cabbage pls 😂
@duytdl
May 8, 2024 at 4:51 pm
Kinda overhypin it a little bit. Apart from 1-2 gimmicks I don’t see a whole lot potential for “AUI”.
@robinshood1268
May 8, 2024 at 5:04 pm
This will simply be an app on your phone. Why should you give up the visual functions of a smartphone? Nothing prevents you from using an AI assistant only via audio if the situation requires it or you prefer it. In my opinion, it makes more sense than buying an additional device with fewer functions. For privacy, you can simply use your existing Bluetooth headphones.
@justindewey6914
May 8, 2024 at 5:10 pm
Could be interesting to translate conversation instantly.
@nuthinking39
May 8, 2024 at 5:22 pm
Probably sherlocked soon.
@protomaker
May 8, 2024 at 5:26 pm
Take my money!!
@thumproduction
May 8, 2024 at 5:35 pm
Real life Tony Stark
@youtube-ventura
May 8, 2024 at 6:05 pm
Interesting idea however I can consume more data with my eyes than with my ears, by a factor.
@captainkite
May 8, 2024 at 6:11 pm
MKBHD: This is the second worst product I have ever reviewed.
@youngfornow8739
May 8, 2024 at 6:15 pm
Markiplier’s dad is so well spoken
@lambournnne
May 8, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Imagine this combines with airpods or something… that would be insane.
@arispoli1269
May 8, 2024 at 6:37 pm
This seems like a commercial for a product that’s already in development by multiple companies including GAFA, no?
@mattturner5429
May 8, 2024 at 6:44 pm
Nice scripted presentation of something which is entirely a pipe dream.
@adicahya
May 8, 2024 at 6:58 pm
After Humane and Rabbit fiasco, I hope this one really works
@saddamdeath583
May 8, 2024 at 7:22 pm
When everyone wants to exploit the eyes, he tries to exploit the ears.. Very brilliant idea !!
@DuckieMcduck
May 8, 2024 at 7:47 pm
visibly exhausted of TED talks being used for advertisement
How does it compare to existing voice activated systems which are already used? There’s also already GPT-like devices like the Humane AI pin and Rabbot R1 pin and they are hot flaming pieces of garbage
@chapter4travels
May 8, 2024 at 7:50 pm
Raise one hand if you think the government will be listening in.
Raise the other hand if you think your conversations will be sold to advertisers.
Ok, you can put your hands down now.
@samuelzev4076
May 8, 2024 at 8:03 pm
This is already being developed in most AI language models. It’s scary how eventually machines will be more human like as it progresses. Skynet is on the horizon
@jiangheng
May 8, 2024 at 8:04 pm
Great for visually impaired people
@justinmas299
May 8, 2024 at 8:47 pm
There is no question this will be the next big consumer electronic for virtually everyone that will be able to afford it.
@markseagraves5486
May 8, 2024 at 8:52 pm
AirPods, an iPhone and a selection of audio-centric apps with Dolby ATMOS?
@magoostus
May 8, 2024 at 8:56 pm
how Cortana should’ve always been
@jedics1
May 8, 2024 at 9:09 pm
Making computers interface with us instead of the other way around is going to transform our digital world, just speech and physical gestures than Ai can interpret into action in the digital space is going to make touch screens look as primitive as doctors drilling holes in patients heads to cure them did in medievil times…..
@kaushalsuvarna5156
May 8, 2024 at 9:11 pm
So we find people looking at screens in public places obnoxious, then let’s have a public space with everyone talking loud to themselves with weird discs protruding out their ears 👍🏽
And they will also be looking at screens in between
@code_solutions
May 8, 2024 at 9:23 pm
hmmm not so convinced
@JD_2020
May 9, 2024 at 7:56 am
Would be great if the demo wasn’t entirely canned.
@verano21
May 9, 2024 at 8:03 am
that joke was actually pretty hilarious hahah
@vladkhan134
May 9, 2024 at 8:06 am
Typical ted talk hyperbole.
@novafake1827
May 9, 2024 at 8:22 am
I wish to know where I can learn more about this at is there a website? Or possibly a email I can message ?
@MrmmmM
May 9, 2024 at 8:23 am
Imagine inventing Schizophrenia 😝
@LuxeChroma
May 9, 2024 at 8:52 am
It’s not an audio computer; it’s an audio interface. The only better alternative to current interfaces is a computer-brain interface like Neuralink.
@wholeness
May 9, 2024 at 9:01 am
Wait until humanity figures out what language really is and how it introduces an archetype “Hermes” into the consciousness. Still the only one that knows the details of this.
@ZomeaterWWZ
May 9, 2024 at 9:17 am
Hi Jarvis. Iron man here.
@abhayanand9585
May 9, 2024 at 10:27 am
I just loved it! ❤❤❤ For me its the one of the best Ted Talk I have ever watched fully and enjoynly, and Can’t wait to have such auditory computer… Might take more than 10 yrs???
@gerrylazlo
May 9, 2024 at 10:30 am
i like innovation, but what happens when apple announces Siri on steroids at WWDC in a month? how does that not make this irrelevant?
@gavinpeters9531
May 9, 2024 at 10:45 am
Love it. Also want to know what would happen if you allowed conversation with nearby humans. Some people might not want their privacy intruded so much, but I for one would love to be more connected. One step along the road to meta-consciousness.
@gavinpeters9531
May 9, 2024 at 10:47 am
Also where do I see that data about auditory spatials…
@derekborders9647
May 9, 2024 at 11:21 am
So now that line at chipotle is louder and equally isolated.
@davidmb2587
May 9, 2024 at 11:34 am
This is so much more interesting than the Vision Pro.
@urgaynknowit
May 9, 2024 at 12:14 pm
This screams HAL…. Even the male voice….
@deekshithvodela
May 9, 2024 at 1:38 pm
10:47 did bro just train a voice model with 20 seconds data? Is this real or am i tricked?
@jasonmills8592
May 9, 2024 at 2:18 pm
The more humans resemble robots, the easier it will be to replace humans. Is that what you want?
@danielbinoy
May 9, 2024 at 2:30 pm
I don’t think this is the future. Natural language simply isn’t as fast and discrete as typing in many cases. The real future is more likely a combination of this and Meta’s neural wristband
@Viperzka
May 9, 2024 at 2:39 pm
Visual processing can carry vastly more data and allows it to be processed non-linearly and in parallel. Audio is single track that must be hard in a specific order.
This, by itself, shows why an audio only interface cannot be as robust as a visual one or even better an audio visual one.
Humans are very used to giving instructions by speaking so it makes sense to have a computer that receives such info that way, but outputting through audio is just plain inefficient and is even worse than the original DOS text based displays.
@roro-mm7cc
May 9, 2024 at 3:13 pm
I dont really think this is that good. I don’t want to be talking out loud to my computer., I value privacy. I’d rather input text into a multimodal model controlling my computer. But talking directly is not something I would be comfortable doing in an office full of people quietly working etc The audio should be a feature or app thats built into a screen device for specific use cases – e,.g auto translate. Audio alone is silly. Having to buy a whole separate device is just meh.
@eugenes9751
May 9, 2024 at 3:25 pm
Another Ai product that would be better off just being an app. Everybody already has a much more powerful phone, combine that with headphones, and you’re done. The idea of carrying a computer around in your ears is super dumb.
@darinherrick9224
May 9, 2024 at 3:27 pm
I’m just saying… an AI that follows you around and does whatever you tell it is a game-changer.
@dailyhacks3189
May 9, 2024 at 3:28 pm
Incredible
@MechanicumMinds
May 9, 2024 at 5:35 pm
I never thought I’d say this, but I’m actually excited to talk to a computer that doesn’t judge me for eating Chipotle in my pajamas
@rhysdavy5032
May 9, 2024 at 5:47 pm
This looks amazing
@prajnaparamita6199
May 9, 2024 at 6:45 pm
@Yewsbee 😂 sounds good, I know, but you never know, a baby might be needing your help
@anjalivision
May 9, 2024 at 9:39 pm
Incredible. But, I wonder if audio interaction with one’s own device would end up the same way as the current habit of visual interactions with one’s own device and decimate social interactions. I’m sure you have an answer!
@cocacolby
May 9, 2024 at 9:48 pm
It all makes complete sense and is awesome…besides wearing computers on your ears. Just run it off your phone and you can do everything else exactly the same with Bluetooth headphones.
@drtariqhabib
May 9, 2024 at 10:37 pm
Audio computing is for old generations. Millennials, Gen Z etc are keyboard warriors, they are natural with keyboard.
@minhphamquang9087
May 9, 2024 at 11:14 pm
I’m getting to the point of real-time language translation. It is an idea that I once thought about during one of my classes. But I’m probably forgetting it. It’s actually pretty cool when it comes true. I will take care of it.
@tsooooooo
May 9, 2024 at 11:31 pm
that is SO cool
@philosopher_013
May 10, 2024 at 12:04 am
Even Though the idea is a great initiative, is it so difficult to just talk to a person you love the most directly ?
We humans find things in order to replace humans that feel ironic. We must not replace everything with technology, yes we need technology for development but if we replace everything with technology then what is the point of being a human.
Like reading books in real time gives us a kick, talking in real time gives us the kick.
And at 11.30 he tells us that we can hear things far away with such ease,does that affect privacy and secrecy?
With development of technology we must chechk with ourselves whether we are still being a human.
@PatrickPallagi
May 10, 2024 at 12:10 am
Super cool!
@user-tx9zg5mz5p
May 10, 2024 at 1:45 am
BK…😂
@gtxfalcon003
May 10, 2024 at 2:21 am
Jarvis is finally materializing!
@Deffcolony
May 10, 2024 at 3:03 am
Pre recorded self promotion sales pitch bullshit. Not what I was expecting from a TED talk… this is just another one of those AI startups that will fail soon because this concept is the same bullshit as how the rabbit r1 device works… a so called AI assistant that would help you through the day 24/7? What is his selling point? That you don’t have to look at a screen anymore? That you don’t have to talk to real humans anymore since ai is there for you 24/7? Because now you can become even addicted faster with this personalized AI assistant that knows you and speak in your words… yeah great… a voice in your head with a algorithm based on your likes.. This even reminds me of a blackmirror episode
@Kneetbomb
May 10, 2024 at 5:50 am
My question is does it work similar to voice recognition where it recognises and works based a single user’s voice only?
@bdesruis
May 10, 2024 at 6:35 am
At least when everybody is looking at there phone it is a quiet place, even a relax one. when someone is taking a phone call in a bus or subway it is annoying. I am not intersted in earing someone else private phone call. Now imagine this new acoustic tech, everybody taking at the same time and who is talking to who or to what. The end of tranquility and a big bump in noise polution.
@jaysonp9426
May 10, 2024 at 7:27 am
So we’re all going to be standing in the chipotle line talking to our imaginary friend instead of looking down at a phone? I agree the next interface is audio until thoughts but damn that’s going to be annoying.
@FelixKirchhoff-je9pq
May 10, 2024 at 10:42 am
Here are some thoughts:
– why a new device? lets make it an app and couple it with great in ear plugs.
– as useful as some features may seem, I am horrified about the implications that a big company is always listening to my conversations and can copy the voices of my friends.
@chriseggroll
May 10, 2024 at 12:06 pm
sounds like a cool idea, hopefully security is not an afterthought.
@duffyscottc
May 10, 2024 at 12:08 pm
@TwoMinutePapers is there a paper on this yet?
@jhonatanguitar
May 10, 2024 at 12:30 pm
I’ve been using chat gpt (now it has a voice as well) and I’m been able to try the best os the two worlds, in one side I have the screen that can show what I wanna see and by the other side I can have a software that can talk to me, do my researches, motivate me when I need, etc…. so, I’m very satisfied so far!
@xeraza
May 10, 2024 at 12:35 pm
Amazing.. what a time to be alive.
@SuperBlake1982
May 10, 2024 at 12:48 pm
I will never use AI when given the choice. Go plant some trees and connect with the natural world instead of this nonsense
@angelmusonda7951
May 10, 2024 at 2:28 pm
😅Another useless “AI” device
@user-fk8zw5js2p
May 10, 2024 at 3:01 pm
So, instead of preventing people from seeing each other with a visually addictive screen, we will prevent people from hearing each other with hearing aids?
@AironExTv
May 10, 2024 at 3:49 pm
Very cool. I can see what I’d do with just the apps that were demonstrated to us. I’d want something like this in my headphones, or as that device we saw. Even v1 seems fine.
@andrasszalay7718
May 10, 2024 at 5:27 pm
What’s the name of the the product?
@DeepThinkingGPU
May 10, 2024 at 11:31 pm
snake oil
@greenpoprocket7965
May 10, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Imagine you’re on a train and instead of quietly on their phones, everyone is talking to themselves. This doesn’t solve the problem of being in the present moment with the people around you, it’s arguably worse than what we have already.
@cameronjordan6022
May 10, 2024 at 10:52 pm
is it just me or is this literally Tony Stark and Happy combined into one person???
@Asadneon
May 11, 2024 at 1:38 am
wow the last demo was awesome just brilliant
@andycordy5190
May 11, 2024 at 2:59 am
A great vision in blissful isolation. The vast majority of people live in increasingly noisy environments and our ability to acquire quiet time without interruptions. I am concerned that the vision of filtering out external unwanted sound could have a similar effect as the loss of attention to their surroundings currently experienced by screen users. It’s not wrong but neither is it natural human interaction as we currently recognise it.
This exciting view of a new communication system is part of the evolution of post human society and I don’t think it will pan out as envisioned by the speaker, just as his image of people stuck to screens is not like his vision of how a community connected by computers. Just as the smart phone App has developed by being led more from the imaginations of users than by pre emptive interpretations of the future needs and wishes of users.
@hugobjork3806
May 11, 2024 at 3:01 am
I hate this whole “glorification” of talking.
Like it is supposed to be this “natural” and “magical” way of interacting. It feels like those tech people have forgotten that we have eyes and fingers too.
Society have also progressed a lot since we were cavemen.
Shopping or booking a trip is a complex task. They can’t just be described with a single prompt.
A visual user interface meets me where I’m at, letting me take things on step at a time.
@gbbenner9382
May 11, 2024 at 3:09 am
I hope it’s it’s half as good at least.
@chrispotter525
May 11, 2024 at 6:17 am
This seems like it’s going to eliminate human interaction. Let’s go ahead and eliminate morals, empathy, thought…
@LieveLeysen-Discover-
May 11, 2024 at 6:59 am
👍💖🙏🏻
@dcrespol
May 11, 2024 at 7:31 am
Pair this with the eventually comming augmented reality contact lenses, and there you’ll also have the visual computing
@JoshuaVogel79
May 11, 2024 at 8:32 am
The only thing interesting in this talk was how they got the latency that low.
@jefferee2002
May 11, 2024 at 10:42 am
The current problem with speaking to your computer is the concern in the back of your mind that it won’t understand what you said correctly. You really don’t want to start a conversation from the point of concern. Concern leads to anxiety. This is what we want to get away from. Also, even with this auditory system, there is a perceptible response delay. This ruins the cadence of conversation and, again, leads to concern as to whether the computer heard you correctly or not. Lastly, there is concern that the computer will cut you off before you are done communicating with it, mistakenly thinking you were done speaking. This is annoying and defeats the whole purpose of audio communication. I don’t see this system being any different
@kusheran
May 11, 2024 at 11:08 am
Those who like this have the privilege of not riding crowded subways and busses. Audio is an annoying nightmare already.
@kusheran
May 11, 2024 at 11:10 am
Why not help nations have conversations and bring peace among people?
@olumuyiwaagboola6523
May 11, 2024 at 11:15 am
This is AWE!!! f**king SOME!!!
@eugeneputin1858
May 11, 2024 at 2:29 pm
Ye this is actually dead on arrival just due to the fact that your ears are going to hurt like mad because lack of airflow through to the ears. Tops 2 hours wearable before you have to take them off for sweat to dissipate. Very cool though
@pspicer777
May 11, 2024 at 4:50 pm
BBC Box from the early 80’s. We’ll done.
@chrisskinner6483
May 11, 2024 at 6:50 pm
Take my money:)
@andreaskrbyravn855
May 12, 2024 at 1:54 pm
it is pretty cool, men in public this will be a mess everyone speaking out loud with a computer. its going to be noisy
@andreaskrbyravn855
May 12, 2024 at 1:55 pm
but*
@nicoyou11
May 12, 2024 at 2:31 pm
I bet that’s what Sam Altman is going to announce tomorrow. Partnership or acquisition?
@alanrobertson3172
May 12, 2024 at 3:56 pm
The headphones looks silly.
@shonewllacademia933
May 12, 2024 at 4:12 pm
The computer’s voice sounded younger at first then older all through.
@topologyrob
May 12, 2024 at 5:55 pm
This looks brilliant in so many ways
@RSDudeLA
May 12, 2024 at 6:29 pm
All day wearable??? Gonna pass
@RSDudeLA
May 12, 2024 at 6:36 pm
I’ll just say it. Terrifying. One step closer to mass extinction
@andrewvelonis5940
May 12, 2024 at 7:56 pm
Include me out! I don’t want to talk to a computer that is faking being human. If I want to talk to a human, I’ll talk to a human. I’d rather computers stick to being computers and act like it.
@drkenonu
May 12, 2024 at 8:53 pm
Mind blowing! This is the future I want to live in! The ‘mixed audio reality’ demo was awesome. I can imagine using this to focus in noisy environments or even learn a new language while I’m out and about.
@BillBadMule123
May 12, 2024 at 10:01 pm
🥰😍🤩🥳💯💢💫👍👍👍
@jeanpierreleroy299
May 12, 2024 at 10:33 pm
Apple better buy this product for their Apple Vision Pro
@seankeogh4185
May 13, 2024 at 12:11 am
The only thing I’ll comment on is about the virtual learners, what about them?
@Primo_extracts
May 13, 2024 at 12:58 am
“Heads up, hands free” I love it
@dmisso42
May 13, 2024 at 3:05 am
I’m totally deaf in one ear.
I have no experience of stereo sound, no way of perceiving direction. To determine where a sound is coming from I have to physically scan for sound intensity with the one good ear.
In crowded, noisy places I am unable to filter background noise from proximate sounds.I hate parties!
Would your system work for me?
@SBqwerty
May 13, 2024 at 6:52 am
This is a thinly veiled advertisement – how is this different from the recent explosion of transformer-powered LLMs? Slap a layer of NLP on top and we have an “audio computer”
@SandeepSharma077
May 13, 2024 at 7:00 am
This will differently help to improve concentration power because human auditury sense is very powerful n most of the time we human disturb of noises around.
@arcansawed
May 13, 2024 at 8:02 am
I’m going to be honest, there’s too many people talking loudly on phones in public spaces, having conversations on speakerphone or watching videos on speakerphone. So no, I don’t want to encourage more of that. Last thing I want is more people invading my ear space.
@ianmanhattan
May 13, 2024 at 10:45 am
TED talks have really become an infomercial
@Mal-nk3id
May 13, 2024 at 11:57 am
Amazing! ❤🎉
@smallfaucet
May 13, 2024 at 12:03 pm
This will make NSA’s job much easier.
@Martellino_
May 13, 2024 at 3:27 pm
It’s so FAST
@chrisfeo7924
May 13, 2024 at 3:43 pm
Another casualty by gpt 4o
@I_am_who_I_am_who_I_am
May 13, 2024 at 7:36 pm
Well ChatGPT 4-o just came in and this was already made obsolete.
@donb9839
May 13, 2024 at 8:55 pm
For the LLM to run on the earbuds without a phone and low latency, the device must have WiFi so it can ping the cloud. Wonder how real it is..
@erwinlimardi2476
May 13, 2024 at 10:26 pm
This tech is good. I am Sold, just tell me when, where and how much
@heejaechang8238
May 13, 2024 at 10:39 pm
looks like he has a competition called gpt4o
@didiervandendaele4036
May 14, 2024 at 2:14 am
This device presented here is IYO ONE ! Imagine this amazing device with GPT-4o with low latency (less than .320 seconds !) It sounds a dream ! ❤
@UlrikStreetPoulsen
May 14, 2024 at 2:47 am
Did GPT-4o just kill another startup?
@LADAGAAlqpere
May 14, 2024 at 3:51 am
❤
@andrescarral1
May 14, 2024 at 4:05 am
I just watched the open ai Chat Gpt 4o release…
@Hendr-AI
May 14, 2024 at 4:10 am
How does it know who “Pedro” is in the demo?
@KamilaCamilo
May 14, 2024 at 4:25 am
I am amazed by your work Jason. Can’t wait to see on the market and test myself ❤
@straaths
May 14, 2024 at 4:42 am
Games are fun but when do we start working on affordable food and housing for everyone?
@nocodecreative
May 14, 2024 at 6:09 am
Looks like ChatGPT 4o will impact this
@RadiantNij
May 14, 2024 at 7:12 am
Its crazy because gpt-4o arrived yesterday and it does this. What a time we are living in
@RadiantNij
May 14, 2024 at 7:23 am
Ok i suppose it does not do what the computer does, wow
@hongcho
May 14, 2024 at 7:12 am
It would be interesting to compare with GPT-4o…
@1993alik
May 14, 2024 at 9:47 am
How knows ho is pedro? …. i think there is a little scam with this…
@paulomarques6375
May 14, 2024 at 10:04 am
I don’t think people who don’t live alone want to talk to computers.
@mubarakmubarak4594
May 14, 2024 at 10:56 am
One of the most dangerous inventions I have come across in the modern era
@trollaf627
May 14, 2024 at 11:13 am
Interesting Ted Talk. On our way to becoming audi assisted cyborgs with self affirming AI stroking our fragile egos until we’ve been reprogrammed by our Chinese overlords.
@UrantiaMan
May 14, 2024 at 11:17 am
Hi Jason, please let me volunteer for you in mass-making these audio computers! I love the idea and have relevant experience! Warm regards, ede
@eduardogonzalez4243
May 14, 2024 at 1:41 pm
The movie “her” is now reality
@lehsu
May 14, 2024 at 2:06 pm
Combine this with Chat GPT 4o would be amazing.
@arcturianninja
May 14, 2024 at 2:36 pm
Add some VR and you have Ready Player One
@Lagooneration
May 14, 2024 at 3:05 pm
From a user’s perspective it would be better to talk to a computer when I am at home, but out there in public no body wanna talk it out loud what they want to search or what app they want to use
@AlexeiRamotar
May 14, 2024 at 3:24 pm
This is so staged. Fake it till you make it, I guess