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I'm not sure how this idea is even considered unique in the computing world as we have been able to talk to computers for decades. For example, Dargon's Natural
by jussij 4y ago
I'm not sure how this idea is even considered unique in the computing world as we have been able to talk to computers for decades.
For example, Dargon's Naturally Speaking is several decades old and it lets you talk to the computer with the computer translates those voice commands into computer actions. It's hands free, voice controlled computing.
- bonzini 4y agoThe patent is specifically about heuristics to pick between various commands. For example if I say "turn the light on" while in the kitchen it would turn the kitchen light on, if I am in the bedroom it would turn the bedroom light on. Also depending on whether I or my wife say "good night" it might turn off different bedside lights. Still pretty obvious to anybody who has read any sci-fi, but it's not about voice commands in general.
- joshvm 4y agoI posted in another thread but I'm curious what happens when you throw a large language model into the mix that can "just do this". Suppose you prompt it with "input: <user>, <query>, <mic intensities in locations> output: an appropriate api request in <format>". ChatGPT and the other GPT variants can already parse natural language requests much better than the incumbent systems can (for now). My Alexa device seems incapable of understanding that I have a "bedroom" area defined in Philips Hue, yet clearly knows individual lamp names.
- mr_donk 4y agoYou need to define the room in Alexa ecosystem then this works fine. You tell it a room, and what devices are in it, then it’s “smart” about it. Don’t have Hue specifically, but Alexa doesn’t import room springs from other ecosystems I’ve used, you have to redefine them.