3 ms·
The technology behind the feature is great, don't get me wrong. But there's something so empty about the Labrador response. I want a discussion with a human. N
by scottmf 10y ago
The technology behind the feature is great, don't get me wrong. But there's something so empty about the Labrador response.
I want a discussion with a human. Not a human-curated conversation of algorithm-determined responses.
Simple human conversation isn't as much of a problem-to-be-solved as they seem to think it is.
- dkarapetyan 10y agoThis falls in an interesting uncanny valley. If you know the person on the other end is using allo who are you really talking to? The average google bot response powered by deepmind or the actual person on the other end?
- em500 10y agoReminds me of when Facebook got slammed about their auto-happy-birthday feature: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/29/facebook-happy-birthday-sms-notification https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/29/facebook-...
- scottmf 10y agoThat's a good comparison and I'd expect similar user backlash here. I'm confused as to why they're choosing to lead with this feature.
- ygmelnikova 10y agoI see the Labrador type of responses would be very appealing to the ego of many. Why reply with "What kind of dog is she?" when you can reply "What a nice lab". And with the emoji prompt, you'll never find yourself on the wrong side of the status quo. What's the end game? An AI agent that handles 100% of your communication for you? Forget 'Skynet'.. we'll call it 'Mother'.
- gmarx 10y agoWill this evolve into a complete substitute for small talk? Will we some day have text algorithms exchanging pleasantries with our friends text algorithms each day? Hi John, how are you today? Wonderful! are you enjoying the 79 F sunny day? Why yes, Terry, I am! Once you automate (insincerity? phoniness?) does it go away?