#audio illusion

The Cocktail Party Effect is an auditory phenomena that, really, humans shouldn't have to solve – normally we can automatically separate different sounds and voices through our selective attention. But it's hard, right? Well Artificial Intelligence found it even harder – a machine found it difficult to determine the difference between audio tracks. 

Recent breakthroughs in machine learning allowed machines to experience the Cocktail Party Effect themselves. 

Faith-based listening is the subjective conviction that an audible difference exists even when perceptual tests fail to show it, summed up as “I don’t hear a difference, but I know it’s there”. It mixes epistemic confidence, identity or value commitments, and non-auditory cues into a listening verdict.Prior beliefs about equipment, mastering, or formats create strong expectations that shape…