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State of the art virtual assistants offer little intelligence over a command line interface, except instead of typing the command line in, you say it. Besides t
by blattimwind 8y ago
State of the art virtual assistants offer little intelligence over a command line interface, except instead of typing the command line in, you say it. Besides that, not much difference; the syntax is rigid and the computer doesn't understand your utterance more intelligently than GCC understands "gcc -o my_prog my_prog.c".
- yters 8y agoIt would be interesting if AI assistants were described honestly in this manner as a "spoken command line interface" instead of as equivalent to human speech recognition. AI is mechanical turks all the way down.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoMy girlfriend routinely asks questions with convoluted grammar and gets a relevant response much of the time. I'm always amazed when it happens.
- taeric 8y agoExamples? I seem to constantly get nothing from simple grammar questions. :(
- PascLeRasc 8y agoI use a Google Home, not Alexa, but I ask it oddly-worded things all the time. Here's two from the past week that worked: "Can you see if Reply All has a new episode and if so play it?" "Can I still use these green peppers I got two weeks ago?"
- taeric 8y agoThat first one sounds promising. I'll have to see if I can adapt it. My devices are basically just gateways to audible, radio, and general timers. I have begun using the announcement features, but it is amusing to see the kids basically having announcement wars.
- LoSboccacc 8y agoAnd even with a rigid structure they only work for common cases. Using Siri in Italian and trying to get an English album playing is night impossible and vice versa.