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I wonder if they've already pre-written the 2020 version of this piece, "Samsung's Virtual Assistant Bixby Is Dead", which will go on to call out the hubris of
by acjohnson55 9y ago
I wonder if they've already pre-written the 2020 version of this piece, "Samsung's Virtual Assistant Bixby Is Dead", which will go on to call out the hubris of the voice interface gold rush.
- ribs 9y agoI use two voice interfaces at least a few times every day, and I think that’s becoming common. Alexa is being built into devices all over. Voice interfaces are obviously different from the subject of this piece.
- paublyrne 9y agoDo you use them at home or out? I can see the usefulness of voice interfaces in the home although I don't find the idea compelling. What I really don't see is people using voice regularly outside the home. I don't see it happening at all right now and we've had voice assistants for a number of years now.so it seems unlikely that people will suddenly start liking the idea.
- nl 9y agoI use Google Assistant in the car reasonably frequently.
- aetherson 9y agoInterestingly, they actually have a chatbot interface: All Erin Griffith has to do is say, "Update Virtual Assistant article for Bixby," and an AI will substitute in references to Samsung and Bixby and immediately publish.
- nl 9y agoBixby isnt a voice interface, it’s a random activity generator attached to a microphone. Google Assistant OTOH is really very good and pretty useful.