Deep Learning with PolyAI
PolyAI's CEO/co-founder Nikola Mrkšić and team invite guests to candidly discuss trends and tech in AI, voice throughout the enterprise, and nailing the customer experience.
Deep Learning with PolyAI
Behind the Tech: How Dialogue Design Really Works (Deep Learning with PolyAI podcast, Ep. 82)
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Ever wonder what really makes an AI voice feel human? In this episode of Deep Learning with PolyAI, an all-star panel from our dialogue design and engineering teams takes you behind-the-scenes to share how the hardest part of CX automation actually works.
From latency and personalization to multichannel design and our in-house Raven model, they break down the science (and the art) behind building conversational AI agents that are actually worth talking to.
You’ll learn:
✅ Why dialogue design is notoriously hard, and how PolyAI cracked it
✅ The key factors that make conversations “buttery smooth”
✅ How omnichannel and LLM-powered design are changing everything
✅ What’s next for dialogue design, from multimodal to configurable latency
PolyAI's Jenn Cunningham guest hosts for this episode, moderating a discussion between Arkadiusz Kwapiszewski, Eshan Singhal, and Harry Swanson.