I spoke to the AI avatar of a Leeds MP. How did it cope with my Yorkshire accent?
Leeds MP Mark Sewards launched “Sewardsbot,” an AI avatar in his own voice to answer constituent queries. In tests, it stumbled over Yorkshire dialect—mishearing greetings like “now then,” failing to parse glottal stops, and mangling local terms such as “ginnel.” While it grasped general topics (including Gaza), its transcripts often turned into “gobbledegook,” and it even misdirected a fly-tipping complaint to the police. For now, MPs’ aides won’t be replaced just yet.