Nauseating mode is the default, you'll have to pay extra for a tolerable personality. ;)
Seriously though, I'm sure it's an improvement but having used the existing voice chat I think they had a few things to address. (Perhaps 4o does in some cases).
- Unlike the text interface it asks questions to keep the conversation going. It feels odd when I already got the answer I wanted. Clarifying questions yes, pretending to be a buddy - I didn't say I was lonely, I just asked a question! It makes me feel pressured to continue.
- Too much waffle by far. Give me short answers, I am capable of asking follow up questions.
- Unable to cope with the mechanics of usual conversation. Pausing before adding more, interrupting, another person speaking.
- Only has a US accent, which is fine but not what I expect when Google and Alexa have used British English for many years.
Perhaps they've overblown the "personality" to mask some of these deficiencies?
Not saying it's easy to overcome all the above but I'd rather they just dial down the intonation in the meantime.
I am blown away having spent hours prompting GPT4o.
If it can give shorter answers in voice mode instead of lectures then a back and forth conversation with this much power can be quite interesting.
I still doubt I would use it that much though just because of how much is lost compared to the screen. Code and voice make no sense. The time between prompts usually requires quite a bit of thought for anything interesting that a conversation itself is only useful for things I have already asked it.
For me, gpt4 is already as useless as 3.5. I will never prompt gpt4 again. I can still push GPT4o over the edge in python but damn, it is pretty out there. Then the speed is really amazing.
Seriously though, I'm sure it's an improvement but having used the existing voice chat I think they had a few things to address. (Perhaps 4o does in some cases).
- Unlike the text interface it asks questions to keep the conversation going. It feels odd when I already got the answer I wanted. Clarifying questions yes, pretending to be a buddy - I didn't say I was lonely, I just asked a question! It makes me feel pressured to continue.
- Too much waffle by far. Give me short answers, I am capable of asking follow up questions.
- Unable to cope with the mechanics of usual conversation. Pausing before adding more, interrupting, another person speaking.
- Only has a US accent, which is fine but not what I expect when Google and Alexa have used British English for many years.
Perhaps they've overblown the "personality" to mask some of these deficiencies?
Not saying it's easy to overcome all the above but I'd rather they just dial down the intonation in the meantime.