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I find myself surprisingly agreeing with this article. The "everyone's voice begins to sound the same" aspect of it is something I hadn't even considered, and d
by viridian 8y ago
I find myself surprisingly agreeing with this article. The "everyone's voice begins to sound the same" aspect of it is something I hadn't even considered, and does feel a little bit unnerving to me. Maybe unnerving isn't even the right word, but I can't think of a more appropriate one. Luckily though, soon I'll be able to ask google for the correct one.
- d1zzy 8y agoConsidering that everyone's text forms a unique signature given a couple of sentences, having the option (nobody is forcing you to use it) to have a bot compose emails for me seems like a sort of anonymity gain.
- wool_gather 8y agoI agree as well, but only in part -- there's a big difference between the email suggestions and the voice assistant. The email is _as if_ coming directly from you. It's got your name signed on to it. The argument that your voice may be distorted rings true here. When your phone is making calls on your behalf, it's not literally calling up and saying, "Hi, my name is ${USERNAME}, I'd like to book a spa" It represents itself as another person, doing something on your behalf. (The assistant in the example call asked to book an appointment "for my client".)