Probably some convergence between the two. You're probably used to changing some syntax around to get Siri/Alexa/* to understand you. That puts some mental tax

Probably some convergence between the two. You're probably used to changing some syntax around to get Siri/Alexa/* to understand you. That puts some mental tax on you, but you get used to it. Devices will seek to lower that mental tax, but ultimately you'll probably get used to it enough that the tax will feel free and devices won't need to evolve the syntax much past a certain point. What seems missing in a lot of these threads is the idea of "context", and I think that's where there's lots of room for innovation. Current voice-assistants work "okay" for single-sentence queries, but if the device doesn't understand (or if I fail to phrase things in a way that it's expecting), it doesn't ask clarifying questions, and it doesn't use past exchanges to inform future ones (beyond perhaps some voice training data). It also limits the kinds of things it can do by requiring that all of the necessary information be presented in one utterance. It also raises the "mental tax" on doing "real things" because I know I have to say a long phrase just right or start over, and that's sure to raise anyone's anxiety-levels...