Episode notes
In celebration of Star Wars Day, Dr. JR and AI linguist Dr. Casey Brightman explore the galaxy of Conversational AI—from voice assistants like Siri and Alexa to advanced chatbots like ChatGPT. Learn how these systems work, what they really understand, and how close we are to talking with robots that "get us."
Plus, we dive into some hilarious AI fails, uncover the history of language models, and preview what’s coming next in emotionally intelligent AI. Whether you’re a techie, a Star Wars fan, or just trying to stop your smart speaker from ordering Baby Yoda merch—this episode is for you.
📌 What You’ll Learn:
- What Conversational AI is (and isn’t)
- How voice assistants interpret your commands ...
Keywords
Future of AIMay I Learn About AIConversational AIAutomatic Speech Recognition (ASR)Natural Language Understanding (NLU)Text-to-Speech (TTS)