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I record myself on audio 24x7 and use an AI to process the information

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Post by tegiddrone »

I did an experiment where I lived for awhile with a sony recorder/mic on me 24/7. It was nice to be able to refer back to conversations and events when I wanted them. Biggest issue was sorting through the data-- timestamps and recorder bookmarks were OK but I really needed full text search on the audio. It would have been great to tag via `Robert, mark timestamp, end Robert`. AI seems to be required, especially when dealing with wind noise and other issues (like the mic twisting around and all of a sudden one channel is my heartbeat.)

The sony voice recorder out there easily last 24 hrs on 1 AAA battery.. dumping to mp3 on a large sd card.

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Post by revolvingocelot »

thom wrote: post #7
Waterluvian wrote: post #2

> My biggest problem with “OK Google” is that I don’t know by heart what it can do interactively Maybe it’s just me but this feels unaddressed and that seems ridiculous. Why is it so hard for me to find a single, precise location on my phone with an enumerated list of every command Siri or Google can work with?

It also annoys me that there's no (obvious) meta-interactions with most smart assistants to explore what's possible. I can't easily ask "can you do X?" or "what can you do with Y?"

This, plus the already-discussed lack of a list of working commands, further cements my belief that "voice assistants" are not there for the benefit of those who keep them in their homes.

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Post by zrail »

Telemakhos wrote: post #39
davidy123 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would change constantly over time, and would eventually become very large. It's an interesting idea, though, a school subject on how to interact with your AI. Lots of grammer, machine learning theory, culture, a bit of security, etc, to second guess it.

Students in most public schools don’t even learn English grammar now in most states. That went away at some point in the Bush or Obama administrations, probably due to the NCLB and Common Core initiatives. It is not uncommon now to encounter college students who simply have never heard of a “direct object.” They need classes on the grammar of their own language more than they need a school subject on interacting with…

Common Core has English grammar as a foundational skill. Your specific example is taught in grade 5.

That said, English is a difficult language and I'm not at all surprised that people get through school without fully grasping the names for grammar concepts, even if they use them every day.

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Post by roberdam »

emilburzo wrote: post #41
roberdam wrote: post #29

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the device from the picture has a 5000 mAh battery (around 10hrs), and and bought a smaller one (1-2 hrs)

I must be blind, where do you list the microphone(s) you are using?

I bought two, both from Aliexpress, no brand both, the one on the picture has a 5000 mAh battery, bulky but last a lot, and the other one is tiny but with short battery life, a lot of sellers on Ali, I pay around 30$ for each, both have the same software and bios, only difference is the size and battery.

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Post by hit8run »

Interesting article. Thanks for posting this. I think when wearing something like google glass and recording everything the potential is even bigger. The AI can extract so much more context. Analyse faces, gestures, locations and more. Dystopian and yet so interesting.

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Post by sebzim4500 »

sofetch wrote: post #36
ninkendo wrote: post #24

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Not sure what side of the debate you're taking here, but I think you've outlined the issue perfectly. Engineers: "We couldn't have a list of commands, that's not how humans work, you're supposed to treat Alexa like a human, and the possibilities are endless" Users: "Ok, then. Alexa, take out the trash." Alexa: "Sorry, I can't do that." (Ok, so obviously the possibilities aren't endless, right?) I can somewhat underst…

> (Ok, so obviously the possibilities aren't endless, right?) This does not follow from the above. The set of positive integers is countably infinite. So is the set of positive even integers. Even if "half of the positive integers are missing!" there are still "endless" even postive integers.

By that logic the calculator app has an (effectively) infinite amount of functionality since there is an infinite number of integers which you can add together.

Somehow though they still list all the features.

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