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Latency is the interface — longer response times break the illusion of a human conversation.
  • Delays make interactions feel robotic
  • Real-time responsiveness is critical for natural feel
  • Developers should expose latency metrics for debugging
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latency is is an issue huh that's what kind of like breaks the illusion of this being a real person yeah Host
the latency is the interface in some ways and that how fast it responds to you the longer it takes the less it feels like a natural conversation and the more it feels like you're talking to a robot the whole point is to make it seem like you're talking to a human Rafael Shad

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