Makes it more interesting, in a way - who knew there was an uncanny valley between humans trying sound cybernetic and software trying to sound like humans trying to sound cybernetic.
Same here. It's obvious from the other clip provided that the voice evolved over time; but it's not something I noticed at the time. The voice you linked to is the one that is most memorable to me.
> It's obvious from the other clip provided that the voice evolved over time
I'd be surprised if this wasn't intentional, based on the premise.
Aye, it sounds like the Borg assimilated the late Prof Hawking's speech synthesizser.