About neural audio codecs for feeding audio directly into LLMs.
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Yes 36 (28%)Not sure 50 (38%)No 44 (34%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About neural audio codecs for feeding audio directly into LLMs.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I can't wait for LLMs to actually understand how they and you are speaking. It's going to be so cool when an AI can correct your second language pronunciation or laugh at you for making a silly sound. The usecases and value will explode when that happens 100%