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> Such technology can make the phone or other device appear smarter because it anticipates the types of activities people want to do. Currently all the attempt
by abruzzi 10y ago
> Such technology can make the phone or other device appear smarter because it anticipates the types of activities people want to do.
Currently all the attempts I seen to anticipate what I want make applications far more annoying (do you want to send this email to your mother as well?). Its kind of like an uncanny valley. An application that truly could anticipate my needs would be good, but when it tries to anticipate and gets it wrong, it becomes worse than the application that doesn't try and silently waits for me to give it instructions.
- TheOtherHobbes 10y agoIs this even a solvable problem? Imagine a human PA who knows you really well. You'll still have to clarify what you want from him/her a good fraction of the time. I suspect AI lives in a special kind of uncanny valley where we're less tolerant of mistakes and imperfections than we would be if we were telling humans to attempt the same tasks. I'm not sure why this is, but it could be because in spite of all the bugs and failures, we still expect computers to be far more predictable and reliable than humans. If AI doesn't match the expectation, it's perceived as more frustrating and less useful than perhaps it really is.