Voice

4 Ways to Avoid Having AI Release Consumers’ Inner Sociopath

Voice assistants encourage too much abuse from users

An angry face cursing next to an Alexa and Google Home.
We tend to see a not-so-wonderful side of people when they're interacting with their voice devices.
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By Mark Walsh

September 3, 2019

“Alexa, you’re ugly. Alexa, you’re stupid. Alexa, you’re fat.”

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Mark Walsh

Mark Walsh spent nearly two decades at Pixar Animation Studios as an animator and director and is the founder and CEO of Motional.AI, a creative technology company that aims to put emotional intelligence at the heart of AI.

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