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>Saying you’re going to build an intelligent talking computer in 1982 or 2019 is much like saying you’re going to fly to the moon or build a web browser in 1492
by sgt101 7y ago
>Saying you’re going to build an intelligent talking computer in 1982 or 2019 is much like saying you’re going to fly to the moon or build a web browser in 1492.
Alex and Siri do a pretty good job of talking, and are almost up to the task of hearing. They are command and search interfaces only - the "intelligence" in them is very limited (hardly there) but it is clear that there is a jump between 1982 and 2019. These devices do exist and to deny their reality does cast a lot of doubt on the other perspectives presented.
- scottlocklin 7y agoWell, you should go read the original 5th gen specs; they're all on file sharing. They were not talking about Siri (which is a terrible example, and something that was basically possible even way back in the 80s using vector quantizers and HMMs). They were talking about Star Trek or Hal-9000 type computers that could understand meaning and do human-like abstract design work beyond "hey google spyware, please turn on the air conditioning."