On my last day of visiting Japan, I floated alone, floating on the hot spring roofs of some skyscrapers, praying that no one would join me. I’ve been using chatgpt for the past few months Advanced Voice Mode Being an AI language tutor is part of judging the potential of generative AI as a learning tool and A test Travel companion. People who talk too much with strangers and chatbots on their phones are inspired and exhausted. I’m ready to turn off my Yapper for a minute and enjoy the silence.
when Openai emission chatgpt In the second half of 2022, it sparked a generated AI competition and public interest. Two years later, many are still uncertain whether it is useful in daily life outside of work.
one Video from Openai in May In 2024, two researchers chatted back and forth, one in English and the other in Spanish, and Chatgpt acted as a low-level interpreter and fell into my memory. I’m wondering how advanced voice modes might be practical, to learn how to speak a snippet of a new language, and whether it’s Travelers worth the app.
A better understanding of how AI voice tools change Language LearningI spent a month practicing Japanese using the Chatgpt smartphone app before my first trip to Tokyo. I have zero working knowledge about languages besides watching anime. In conversation sessions with advanced voice mode, which usually last about 30 minutes, I often use it as my synthesis, mobile language tutor, practicing basic travel phrases to navigate transportationrestaurants and retail stores.
On my last trip, I used it Duolingoa smartphone app with language learning quiz and games to refresh my Spanish. I’m curious about how Chatgpt compares. I often Test new AI tools To understand their benefits and limitations, I’m eager to see if this language learning approach might be a killer feature that makes these tools more attractive to more people.
Me and my AI Language Tutor
Jackie Shannon, the Openai product leader for Intermodal AI and Chatgpt, claims to use chatbots to practice Spanish vocabulary while driving to the office. She advises beginners like me to use it first to learn phrases – more knowledgeable learners can try free flowing conversations using AI tools right away. “I think they should go straight into the conversation,” she said. “Like, ‘Help me have a conversation about the news on X.’ Or, “Help me practice ordering dinner. ””
So I made useful travel phrases with Chatgpt and showed role-playing scenes like pretending to order and in Izakaya Restaurant. In the first two weeks, nothing really got stuck and I started to feel nervous, but around the third week I started to feel loose about some of the key phrases of travelers in Japan, my interactions with another language coming Significant anxiety.
Chatgpt does not have to take into account language acquisition. “It’s a tool with a variety of different use cases that has not been optimized for language learning or translation,” Shannon said. The universal nature of the default settings of chatbots initially leads to the frustrating blandness of interactions, but after some interactions after Memory function I am planning a trip to Japan and want to speak to practice very quickly.
