How can you be sure? So many different versions in the UK. Many can't say the letter R (argh). They say "ah". Steph the "ahlta" (alter) "nuhd" (nerd), was talking about sending a "leh-uh" (letter) tew Meghan "Macle" (Marcle). Missing T's and R's, with hard stops where the missing lettre[B]r[/Bs should be. ]A different "Bri-esh" accent, I'm sure. The letters can appear or not, even in the same word. Frustrating becomes Frostrah-en.
Accents can be fun. They can also be frustrating, or frostrah-en. 😀🫠😉

I can be sure because the UK existed before America. It's not the same English, but theirs came first, and we shouldn't be arrogant enough to suggest that they don't know how to speak English.

If you think that's nuts, try learning the difference between Dorchester (Dah-ches-tah) and South Boston (sow-thee). Or worse - Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stoo) New York and somewhere in the Delta region of Mississippi (I won't even try it).

Now imagine AI trying to understand someone from San Antonio trying to have a full-blown conversation with it, when Texans talk a mile a minute with a thick drawl and don't pronounce half the words in the sentences.

I agree with you completely. I'm just having fun with accents. We (Americans) don't speak it properly. Or so I've been told. Yet as you travel just around England, one will occasionally hear complaints that the English "don't speak it properly" about their fellows from other areas of the country. Every country has various regional accents and dialects. When I need help, I want someone that I can converse clearly and confidently with. But, with music, understanding the language is, for me, not always important..

Fact check: True

I'm way more concerned about biases that are being built into the models. They should ideally be completely fact based and free of any biases of any kind.

Imagine just how incredible the "universal translator" from Star Trek had to be. AI on steroids, maybe. The only thing better would be the Vulcan mind-meld. Not ready for that yet. Even at my age too many embarrassing thoughts.

Yeah, that's a good point too. I'm looking at you Google…

Excellent points. I think the majority of posters on this thread, are confusing what AI really is. Customer Service bots, are like comparing a 1961 Chevy Impala, to a 2025 Lexus. True AI is leap years ahead of the bots you get on the telephone or CS Chat.

My daughter's job requires huge amounts of time, writing memos and emails, that are disseminated to 100's of diverse people ... she uses AI all day to help with her work load. I've used it for letters and memos and it's amazing.

We all see wonderful photographs, posted daily on all sorts of social media sites. There's not a "real photo" to be found. They've all been manipulated by the myriad of filers and enhancers, available on everyone's phone. AI offers that same sort of improvement for writers, speakers, researchers and just about anything or anyone.

There will inherently be "biases", but that's true of every written or spoken work ... or research or conclusion.

For years it's been, "I read it on the Internet, so it must be true". Now it's becoming "AI told me, so it must be true". The truly intelligent people, will be the ones that can sort through facts (however accumulated) and come up with the correct interpretation and application of the facts.

The chat feature never seems to work. I ask it to put on a live English speaking human being, who I can talk to, and it can’t ever seem to accommodate my request.

Have you ever used an auto dealer's chat feature? All they want is your phone number so a salesperson can call you. The chat system has no information about their vehicles or pricing.