I was recently I was waiting for my nails to dry and didn’t want to smudge the paint, when I realized this would be the perfect opportunity to test out some singing only artificial intelligence features. Silicon Valley car owners have long conversations with ChatGPT while they drive, and I wanted to try hands-free chatting before meeting two OpenAI the product leads later in the day.
Even if chatbots maybe useful for brainstorming, talking with ChatGPT was like collaborating with an overly caffeinated friend who can’t stand even a second of silence. I fought valiantly against the artificial intelligence tool to complete a single, complete thought before it interrupted me.
Me: I wrote a newsletter last year called AI Unlocked for our readers. In this newsletter, I…
ChatGPT: Tell me more about your newsletter and the specific question you have in mind about it.
Just a few minutes into the experiment, I experienced synthetic speech-induced stage fright and begged the chatbot for more time, asking it to give me a second to think between sentences. The chatbot encouraged me to slow down, although the rapid pace of its responses remained unchanged.
When I mentioned the anxiety I felt while chatting with the AI to Joanne Jang, Head of Model Behavior for ChatGPT, she explained that it was an aspect of the user experience that the The company was trying to fix in the AI model. “In our ideal world, the model would actually be a little better at detecting when you’re done. So if you haven’t finished serving your sentence, it won’t interrupt you,” Jang says. “It’s something we’re trying to understand, and we know it’s a problem for our users.”
Pointing out that you shouldn’t do this while driving, she suggested a simple solution for users: just tap the screen. As long as you have one finger free, you can press and hold the big circle in the center of the application during conversations with ChatGPT. Keep your finger there while you speak to avoid any interruptions from the robot; let it go whenever you are actually busy with your voice prompt.
While Nick Turley, ChatGPT product manager, said he prefers to use the back-and-forth talk feature, available in the app by tapping the headset icon, he recommends an alternate method of audible interaction for users who need more time and want to slow things down. a little broken down, or who simply find the default pace of AI conversation distracting.
In the mobile application, tap the microphone icon next to the headphones. Say what you want to use in your prompt, then tap the blue box to stop recording when finished. ChatGPT will convert audio to text and add it to the prompt field. After pressing Send, listen to ChatGPT’s response by pressing and holding the output, then selecting Read aloud. This slowed-down process is a nice way to interact with the AI tool by voice at your own pace, for those who might be stressed by the service’s rapid verbal responses.
