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>Even though it goes against the basic premise of human-centered design, users have to train themselves to understand when an intelligent assistant will be usef
by jbarrs 6y ago
>Even though it goes against the basic premise of human-centered design, users have to train themselves to understand when an intelligent assistant will be useful and when it’s better to avoid using it.
I find this is one of the truest things about this article. It's very easy when you first get a new voice assistant to get carried away with the features it has available. Most are either very basic, struggling to take much additional context, or simply just gimmicks/novelties. The majority of tasks can be performed faster through a GUI when you account for the time it takes to brute force the right "natural language" expression to do the thing you need.
- aaomidi 6y agoWell the idea is that you get hands free control of the device. I'm laying in bed and I suddenly realize I need an alarm for tomorrow morning. I don't want to turn my phone on cause that can mess with my sleep. I just tell siri or Google to set an alarm and sleep. Or I'm in the middle of cooking and I want to listen to music but don't want to have to wash my hands first. That's really where the benefit of the assistants lays.