"World of DaaS" LiveKit CEO Russ d'Sa - voice AI and the future of human-machine interaction
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May 27, 2025 
Russ d'Sa, Founder and CEO of LiveKit, discusses the exciting advancements in voice AI that are shaping our interactions with technology. He delves into the complexities of real-time voice conversion and the challenges of turn detection in conversations. Russ predicts the future roles of voice assistants as creative co-pilots and efficient autopilots. He also shares insights on the hurdles of automating healthcare with AI and emphasizes the personal journey of founders amidst technological evolution in the industry.
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Challenges of Voice AI
- Voice AI is hard because it departs from traditional web app models.
- It involves real-time audio streaming, transcription, LLM processing, and speech synthesis with low latency.
Turn Detection Key Challenge
- Turn detection, knowing when a user stops speaking or when to interrupt, is a key challenge in voice AI.
- Advanced models process audio directly to decide turn-taking, mimicking human conversational dynamics.
Speaker Diarization Challenge
- Speaker diarization is the challenge of identifying who is speaking in multi-person conversations.
- Current voice AI struggles with group dynamics, crucial for applications like meetings or multiplayer games.