Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend
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Block's new AI model, Dessa, showcases how conversational AI can mimic human dialogue, highlighting both its potential and current limitations, which could affect how people interact with future digital assistants.
Jack Dorsey's Block announced an AI model called Dessa that's trained "from scratch on nothing but human conversation," and to show off the model, Block shared chats it has had with humans that can occasionally be a little awkward and uncanny. Take this one, for example, shared by Dessa lead Ragavan Thurairatnam. The conversation between the model and the speaker does have a mostly natural back and forth (though for some reason, the model initially mistakes the speaker for somebody named "Ronald
Block is the company founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that invests in technology projects, and conversational AI models like Dessa are trained to generate human-like responses, a rapidly growing area in tech.
- •How users and experts respond to the model's awkward or uncanny interactions
- •Any updates from Block on improving the model's accuracy and conversational flow