What you think of a particular language, dialect, or accent is about your attitude towards the people who use it, not some intrinsic property of the linguistic variety itself All varieties are valid, systematic, worthy of study and respect

Educating the public about the realism of AI-generated voices, especially their ability to mimic regional accents, can significantly reduce vulnerability to voice-based scams. doi.org/hbq64f

I've developed a psychological countermeasure for AI voice deception… and it's surprisingly simple! 🗣️ Thread below 🧵 doi.org/10.1093/cybs...

I've developed a psychological countermeasure for AI voice deception… and it's surprisingly simple! 🗣️ Thread below 🧵 doi.org/10.1093/cybs...

Tis the season

As synthetic voices become indistinguishable from real ones, DIGIT spoke with psychologist Dr Neil Kirk about how our instinct to trust our own accents could make way for deepfakes targeting not just individuals, but entire regions. www.digit.fyi/psychology-b... #deepfakes #AIvoices #AyeRobot

Here's a feature on my recent AI Voice work - really honoured to have been asked to talk about this! www.digit.fyi/psychology-b...

🧠 Is your mindset making you more vulnerable to AI voice-based deception? I've got a new pre-print out: osf.io/preprints/ps... Vigilance towards AI voices can be nudged through a change in MINDSET Thread below 👇 #AI #Voice #Cybersecurity #Fraud #Psychology 1/11

🧠 Is your mindset making you more vulnerable to AI voice-based deception? I've got a new pre-print out: osf.io/preprints/ps... Vigilance towards AI voices can be nudged through a change in MINDSET Thread below 👇 #AI #Voice #Cybersecurity #Fraud #Psychology 1/11

New achievement unlocked - delivering the oration for Brian Cox. I didn’t faint, nor did he use any of his famous catchphrases on me. Success!

Made another wee video about one of our recently published papers…

I’m on TikTok and Instagram @ drspeakmind - please give me a follow and see how well you can spot AI voices! 🗣️

“Enjoying” some time off work #ToughMudder

🎓 Fully funded PhD at Abertay University & SIPR: Enabling People to Identify Deepfakes. £20,780/year, fees paid, starts Oct 2025. Use eye-tracking to research deepfake detection. Apply by 30 June 👉 www.abertay.ac.uk/about/workin... #PhD #Cybersecurity #Deepfakes

It’s always lovely to receive a “to me, love from me, well done on finishing your marking” present.

🚨New publication... Children's films contain innacurate gender stereotypes and these corresespond to children's (and adult's) implicit and explicit gendered associations. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Read thread for more details...

This might make some language communities more vulnerable to AI voice-based deception. Luckily I’ve been given some funding to investigate this further, so watch this space!

I’m extremely chuffed my new paper “Eh? Aye!”: Categorisation bias for natural human vs AI-augmented voices is influenced by dialect” has just been published in Computers in Human Behavior: Artifical Humans. (and not just because my best work is in the title!) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Never knew hearing a Drag Queen play a medley of 90s dance hits on the saxophone could be so healing 🧘‍♂️

I wrote this for my US friends and colleagues, but also for all of us. Lessons from the past. open.substack.com/pub/verakemp...

🗣️ Do you like the sound of your own voice? 🤖 Would you use an AI clone of your voice in a video game, a personal voice assistant or even your Sat Nav? Usually when I ask this question, most people say "no." But what if I told you that your brain is naturally wired to prefer your own voice?

🗣️ Do you like the sound of your own voice? 🤖 Would you use an AI clone of your voice in a video game, a personal voice assistant or even your Sat Nav? Usually when I ask this question, most people say "no." But what if I told you that your brain is naturally wired to prefer your own voice?

If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?

Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan. But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."

Surround yourself with people who celebrate your wins. In other news, I’m on the lookout for a new group of friends, preferably ones who are good at bowling 🎳

Speech recognition systems struggle with accents and dialects, risking problems in critical fields like healthcare and emergency services. Imagine calling 911 and the AI used to screen out non-emergency calls can’t understand you. A Spanish language professor explains:

It was a beautiful morning for a walk along the Tay.

Cool study alert!

🚨Interested in accents, psychology, and voice technology? Well, I have just the preprint for you! I'm delighted to share my latest research: "Accentuate the Self: Prioritization of Self-Associated External Voices is Enhanced by Accent Matching." 🧵A thread (1/12)

🚨Interested in accents, psychology, and voice technology? Well, I have just the preprint for you! I'm delighted to share my latest research: "Accentuate the Self: Prioritization of Self-Associated External Voices is Enhanced by Accent Matching." 🧵A thread (1/12)

Oh look, it’s my new preprint. Thread to follow later!

Have lived here for 7 years, but there are still mornings that take my breath away!

Using the Scottish 2022 Census data to plot distribution of sexual orientation categories of men based in Dundee City. Notice the generational differences!

🎉 Delighted to have been successful in my application to the Scottish Institute for Policing Research's Think Big Leverage Fund to continue my work investigating how we perceive AI voices 🤖🗣️ Can't wait to get started! #AI #AIVoice #Cybersecurity #DigitalPolicing #Research #Psychology

"Eh? Aye!": Categorisation bias for natural human vs AI-enhanced voices is influenced by dialect.: http://osf.io/skcv2/

🤖 What are the implications? ✔️ Good news for using AI to promote language diversity authentically. ❌ Bad news for #cybersecurity if voices using certain dialects are more likely perceived as human, it makes AI deception easier.

🗣️Excited to share my new preprint - "'Eh? Aye!': Categorisation Bias for Natural Human vs. AI-Enhanced Voices is Influenced by Dialect".🔊 Available from: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Here's a 🧵 of the main findings: #AI #Voice #Dialect #Language #Speech #ElevenLabs #GorillaExperimentBuilder

🗣️Excited to share my new preprint - "'Eh? Aye!': Categorisation Bias for Natural Human vs. AI-Enhanced Voices is Influenced by Dialect".🔊 Available from: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Here's a 🧵 of the main findings: #AI #Voice #Dialect #Language #Speech #ElevenLabs #GorillaExperimentBuilder

500 followers already? Wow, I’m definitely staying here 🤩

Really enjoyed presenting my poster “Aye, Robot? Listeners’ categorisation bias for natural Human vs AI-enhanced voices differs across dialects” at AMLaP last week. Sparked some interesting conversations and was really well received. Now to get the paper written up ASAP! #AI #voice #dialect #MIND

Name me a better feeling 🤩🥰#accepted

Really enjoyed presenting my poster “Aye, Robot? Listeners’ categorisation bias for natural Human vs AI-enhanced voices differs across dialects” at AMLaP last week. Sparked some interesting conversations and was really well received. Now to get the paper written up ASAP! #AI #voice #dialect #MIND

Had a braw wee trip to Edinburgh that was good for the soul 😌

My new research playground. Can’t wait to start running experiments in here… (well, my PhD student will be!)

Felt crappy, but soldiered on to the gym and then felt amazing 🤩

Made a start on building Lego Rivendell. This should keep me out of mischief for a while!

Forgot how exhausting public speaking is… and it’s only day 1 of the new academic year!

Bought myself a Magneto helmet and if this doesn’t help me find a boyfriend in time for turning 40, then nothing will!

39, feeling fine 🥳🕺🏻

Went to Berlin, forced myself to drink beer rather than cider… then got rather tipsy rather quickly after not realising it was 8.1% abv. Whoops! 🍻