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It's interesting to see how AI is evolving. While the raw capabilities and voice quality of AI are advancing incredibly fast, real-world value often comes down to something more fundamental: trust. We might believe an AI is capable, but we tend to place our trust in the experience and authority of proven human experts.
A new experiment from Google Labs called Portraits builds on this exact concept. Instead of a generic AI, it offers conversational AI representations of trusted experts, built in partnership with them. It’s launching with a Portrait of Kim Scott, the author of "Radical Candor," to provide AI coaching based directly on her work and in her voice.
So, you're not just getting an answer from a capable model, you're getting guidance grounded in the specific expertise and content of a person you already trust. It's a fascinating approach to bridging AI capability with human authority, and a very important direction for making AI assistants genuinely more useful and trusted.
@zaczuo No access for EU/UK? :-(
@agilek Yeah..Currently available in the U.S.
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Read about it today and I am pretty curious how things will gonna play out because this attempt was initiated by Meta first, but then they shut down the project with AI celebrities.
@busmark_w_nika You mean this one, right? It's a really good point. I think Google's trying a different strategy here. Maybe just using a person's fame isn't enough to keep people engaged long-term.
What's interesting with Portraits is that you're interacting with an expert's actual knowledge, not just their persona. That small shift could be what makes this approach work where others didn't. Let's see how it plays out!
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@zaczuo I rather meant these celebrities' AI chatbots: https://sapienscorporation.com/blog/meta-shuts-down-celebrity-ai-avatar-chatbots
Portraits offers a thoughtful way to access expert insights through AI — bringing voices like Kim Scott’s directly into daily guidance. A promising step toward more personalized, high-impact learning.