Arguably, at a scale, it is cheaper for every separate device to process it's own voice-to-text and automate things. But, doing it offline, has no incentive fo

Arguably, at a scale, it is cheaper for every separate device to process it's own voice-to-text and automate things. But, doing it offline, has no incentive for advertising companies. Universities / home automation companies / etc would be probably be more incentivized to develop that. So, any advances in AI, if they come in the 'always online' will come with strings attached. It is not your AI optimization software, it's somebody's else.