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Artificial intelligence provides a new way of being heard

The team creating the opera “Sensorium Ex” discusses artificial intelligence.

02/16/2022

The First Twenty

Artificial intelligence provides a new way of being heard

Clip: Season 2021 | 1m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

The team creating the opera “Sensorium Ex” discusses artificial intelligence.

The team creating the opera “Sensorium Ex” discusses how artificial intelligence can be used as a tool to help us communicate. The AI character in the opera provides a new way of being heard and a new kind of voice.

02/16/2022

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