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I'm still waiting for the day Google Assistant can answer "what time does Home Depot open in the morning?" GA: "I found 3 locations, which one?" Me: "The clos

• kevinmchugh 3y ago
  Even better if they all open at the same time, which is the case near me
• kaibee 3y ago
  What was the point of feeding Google all my location history data if it can't even figure out which Wegmans I go to?
  • digging 3y ago
    This is how I feel about pretty much all the most data-hungry services. It's never been about an improved use experience, because the quality is not there. I can't count how many times I yelled/cried about Spotify trying to learn every mood I've ever felt (and what song would have been perfect for the moment!) only to play the same 4 songs over and over because I listened to one of them on purpose a week ago. (I no longer use Spotify. We'll see if Tidal falls into the same trap.)
  • riku_iki 3y ago
    google assistant is probably still not Bard powered, so it just means someone didn't coded some rule: user asked "closest one" -> locate user location -> locate home depot closest to that location
• travisjungroth 3y ago
  This reads like a sad variation of the traveling salesman problem.
• malfist 3y ago
  Like what type of input where they expecting here? Alexa does the same thing talking to smart devices. Me: Alexa, turn of the loft lights Alexa: A few things share the name "loft" which one did you mean? Me: Can you list them? Alexa: I did not find a device named "can you list them loft"