I tried the advanced voice mode of ChatGPT, and TL;DR: it did not meet my expectations.
I was hoping to have some small talk with ChatGPT, but there are two main issues. First, it remains in “assistant mode” no matter how I try to prompt it. Second, the conversation doesn’t feel natural. I’m used to saying things like “Mhm” or repeating what the speaker is saying, and in a normal conversation, the speaker would just continue talking. However, with ChatGPT, it stops immediately when I do this. While I could probably adapt to that, it’s the first issue that I really don’t like—I just want to have some small talk. Every time it says, “Let me know how I can help you,” it feels like a signal that the conversation is over, which makes it feel abrupt.