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Children are really really smart—just not yet as smart as adults.

• ajmurmann 6y ago
  I think children are probably at least as smart as adults, but are missing assumed context on almost everything. Maybe the same is the real problem with smart assistance?
  • dylan604 6y ago
    This is what I was thinking. If you stop a second to think about it from their perspective, it can make more sense. (I know in 2020 it is unheard of to think about something from a different point of view than one's own.) Even real-life human beings in the assistant role get things wrong as they interpret the original request not as intended.
  • renewiltord 6y ago
    I believe current evidence is that children grow both intelligence and knowledge into adolescence. After that, it's mostly knowledge. i.e. both compute and data grows for quite some duration, then it's mostly data.
  • codetrotter 6y ago
    In that case maybe the assistants should be more like children and like ask questions? Relatedly, I wonder if these assistants “filter bubble” you like search does. Like, learning what types of things you are looking for and grouping you with other similar people.