LIBRARY
Authoritative Voices
Documented statements on voice, language and sound. Every entry carries its original source and a link to read more.
8 OF 8 ENTRIES
- AT
Alan Turing
Mathematician, computing pioneer
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.”
Machine intelligence1950Source: Computing Machinery and Intelligence, Mind (1950)
READ THE ARTICLE → - CS
Claude Shannon
Father of information theory
“The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point.”
Signal & information1948Source: A Mathematical Theory of Communication, Bell System Technical Journal (1948)
READ THE ARTICLE → - NC
Noam Chomsky
Linguist, MIT
“Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.”
Linguistics1973Source: For Reasons of State (1973)
READ THE ARTICLE → - GH
Geoffrey Hinton
Turing Award laureate
“Deep learning is going to be able to do everything.”
Deep learning2020Source: Interview, MIT Technology Review (2020)
READ THE ARTICLE → - SH
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical physicist
“I have had this voice for a long time now and identify with it. I would not want a more natural voice with a British accent.”
Synthetic speech2014Source: The Computer, hawking.org.uk
READ THE ARTICLE → - MM
Marshall McLuhan
Media theorist
“The medium is the message.”
Media & audio1964Source: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964)
READ THE ARTICLE → - MS
Murray Schafer
Composer, soundscape researcher
“The soundscape of the world is changing. Modern man is beginning to inhabit a world with an acoustic environment radically different from any he has hitherto known.”
Acoustic ecology1977Source: The Tuning of the World (1977)
READ THE ARTICLE → - FL
Fei-Fei Li
Professor of Computer Science, Stanford
“There's nothing artificial about AI. It's inspired by people, it's created by people, and — most importantly — it impacts people.”
Human-centred AI2019Source: Stanford HAI
READ THE ARTICLE →