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I've been actively trying to find ways to offload tasks to software assistants -- I've slowly been getting a bit more comfortable using siri. My first impressi

by chrsig 3y ago

I've been actively trying to find ways to offload tasks to software assistants -- I've slowly been getting a bit more comfortable using siri. My first impression is that the results tracking will just be a report of failures and wind up causing disinterest in the application as a whole. I also am concerned that the AI may wind up placing demands on me that I may think I want in one moment, but don't wind up engaging with...leaving a bunch of stuff piling up. The example of the presentation just sort of leaves it at "About the presentation ...", at which point it seems like the user is expected to ...tell the ai about the presentation. So I haven't really been shown how it solves any problem that I have. Also remember that AIs are biased on the training set and you're targeting a minority of a population. It's probably not going to know "how" to speak to me, what tones actually work, etc. I hope that all amounts to useful feedback -- I do really want an effective product to offload stuff to -- but if it's not effective, it has negative value in my life.

shostack 3y ago
I personally want something at the level of Samantha from Her for managing my life. When I think about the data inputs needed to have an AI that effective, it's made me increasingly aware at how much I lack from tools like Google Tasks and reminders etc. for keeping track of all the things I need to do. It's easy to have them slip off the list and be forgotten about, or not be able to do small things to move them ahead and have that progress reflected in the task. But I desperately want this.
- euroderf 3y ago
  I'm seriously impressed by the level of integration across the Apple ecosystem. If they can find a way to hook AI into every corner of it, you might be able to approach the point where you get your wish. The apparent stagnancy of Siri might be just that.
- overnight5349 3y ago
  I desperately want this. But yes, the amount of data required is insane. Just off the top of my head: - browser history - SMS and call transcriptions - calendar - passive audio stream from my phone - interactions on social media - my diary - my work, or at least commit messages It's a lot, and you'd need a pretty clever model in the middle of it to make sense of. I don't know much about AI today, but I get the sense that you could string together a bunch of different systems today to achieve this, but no one has done it yet. Also, if the dataset is exposed, it'd be an unthinkable privacy breach. Something like this has to run on dedicated hardware that you own. Feeding every intimate detail of your entire life into the cloud should be completely untenable.

by chrsig 3y ago

shostack 3y ago

I personally want something at the level of Samantha from Her for managing my life. When I think about the data inputs needed to have an AI that effective, it's made me increasingly aware at how much I lack from tools like Google Tasks and reminders etc. for keeping track of all the things I need to do. It's easy to have them slip off the list and be forgotten about, or not be able to do small things to move them ahead and have that progress reflected in the task. But I desperately want this.

euroderf 3y ago
I'm seriously impressed by the level of integration across the Apple ecosystem. If they can find a way to hook AI into every corner of it, you might be able to approach the point where you get your wish. The apparent stagnancy of Siri might be just that.
overnight5349 3y ago
I desperately want this. But yes, the amount of data required is insane. Just off the top of my head: - browser history - SMS and call transcriptions - calendar - passive audio stream from my phone - interactions on social media - my diary - my work, or at least commit messages It's a lot, and you'd need a pretty clever model in the middle of it to make sense of. I don't know much about AI today, but I get the sense that you could string together a bunch of different systems today to achieve this, but no one has done it yet. Also, if the dataset is exposed, it'd be an unthinkable privacy breach. Something like this has to run on dedicated hardware that you own. Feeding every intimate detail of your entire life into the cloud should be completely untenable.