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"In terms of the voice recognition, that has been progressing steadily for 30 years too, and I imagine Siri will benefit from improvements to the technology bas

by fuzzix 15y ago

"In terms of the voice recognition, that has been progressing steadily for 30 years too, and I imagine Siri will benefit from improvements to the technology base, as others will" Will it progress to a point where ambiguity is reduced to nil? The strength of the command line abstraction is its completely unambiguous interface - do what I say. The do what I mean interface of Siri could be limited to actions with insignificant consequences - the human brain incorporates the best speech recognition available and still makes mistakes. Any speech AI performing significant actions would need to outperform the brain. edit: That is not to suggest AI speech recognition outperforming the brain is not possible. There are probably metrics and methods for disambiguating common sources of confusion which could be performed in the blink of an eye rather than the minutes, hours or weeks later you find yourself thinking "Oh, THAT'S what he said!"

swombat 15y ago
The do what I mean interface of Siri could be limited to actions with insignificant consequences - the human brain incorporates the best speech recognition available and still makes mistakes. Any speech AI performing significant actions would need to outperform the brain. Or actions which can be undone. I'd be very concerned if the US army decided to use Siri to control its nuclear missiles. Less so if someone uses Siri to change their thermostat or query their fridge contents.
- fuzzix 15y ago
  "I'd be very concerned if the US army decided to use Siri to control its nuclear missiles. Less so if someone uses Siri to change their thermostat or query their fridge contents" Indeed... A command line for non-critical parts of the world. For launching missiles? Nothing less than a bash script! ;)
- Cushman 15y ago
  God willing we will someday have a computer which, when you tell it "Launch the nuclear missiles," is smart enough to say "No."

by fuzzix 15y ago

swombat 15y ago

The do what I mean interface of Siri could be limited to actions with insignificant consequences - the human brain incorporates the best speech recognition available and still makes mistakes. Any speech AI performing significant actions would need to outperform the brain. Or actions which can be undone. I'd be very concerned if the US army decided to use Siri to control its nuclear missiles. Less so if someone uses Siri to change their thermostat or query their fridge contents.

fuzzix 15y ago
"I'd be very concerned if the US army decided to use Siri to control its nuclear missiles. Less so if someone uses Siri to change their thermostat or query their fridge contents" Indeed... A command line for non-critical parts of the world. For launching missiles? Nothing less than a bash script! ;)
Cushman 15y ago
God willing we will someday have a computer which, when you tell it "Launch the nuclear missiles," is smart enough to say "No."