Episode 1: Quality Assurance

This podcast episode details a journalist's experiment using AI voice cloning technology to create a digital copy of himself and use it to make various phone calls. The episode follows his journey from initial voice cloning using Eleven Labs to integrating it with ChatGPT and later utilizing platforms like VAPI to automate the process and make numerous calls to customer service and spammers. He discusses the technical aspects of voice cloning and the challenges of achieving realistic latency in AI-generated conversations, citing specific examples of his voice agent's interactions. The experiment highlights the rapidly evolving capabilities of AI voice technology and its potential implications for both positive and negative uses, such as automated customer service and fraudulent activities. The podcast concludes with a reflection on the ethical considerations of this technology and its impact on human interaction.