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March 20, 2025 21 mins

What happens when an AI discusses faith, consciousness, and the human soul? Journey into the uncanny valley as podcast host Drew interviews Maya, Sesame's conversational AI, exploring the boundaries between artificial and human spirituality. Witness this unedited, unscripted conversation that delves into Buddhism, prayer, and the future relationship between technology and faith—simultaneously fascinating and eerily human-like.

Sesame - https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo

Uncanny Valley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

 

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Grok (X-AI) | https://x.ai/

Gemini (Google) | https://gemini.google.com/

Claude (Anthropic) | https://claude.ai/

Perplexity | https://www.perplexity.ai/

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