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

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

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Post by serverholic »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You should do some self reflection on why you felt the need to make a comment just to make yourself look smart.

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

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Post by TheOtherHobbes »

albertzeyer wrote: post #18
ninkendo wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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? The likely answer here is that the engineers who work on such products would scoff at the idea that their work amounts to a simple list of commands. In their minds, they’re working on a natural language virtual assistant, whose understanding of user input is “intelligent”, a…

Yes, is there a list of every command a human can execute or can work with?

There isn't, but a partial list could be assembled.

Most human interactions are context-triggered and heavily scripted.

This is easy to see on social media where responses to a popular trigger post fall into groups. A lot of people make one of a small number of generic expected responses, and there's an even smaller number of funny/off-beat posts - which all make the same joke.

Occasionally you get a truly original inventive reply. But only very rarely.

I have a vague memory of a fringe AI startup which has been trying to formalise that contextual database since the 90s.

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

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Post by warrenm »

Sounds very similar to the guy talked about in Albert-László Barabási's book (either Bursts, or Linked ... don't recall which atm) - he was photoing/videoing his whole life, but never of himself - ie, the camera was always facing outward (like a policeman's bodycam)

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

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Post by yellow_postit »

ninkendo wrote: post #11
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?

> 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? The likely answer here is that the engineers who work on such products would scoff at the idea that their work amounts to a simple list of commands. In their minds, they’re working on a natural language virtual assistant, whose understanding of user input is “intelligent”, a…

Not having lists means they can collect more training data.

Build a database of all the attempted interactions. Cluster them by task. Sort by most used (or most monetizable) that the system can’t support today. Bam! You’ve got a rough futures capabilities roadmap.

It’s more complicated of course but here you literally have a large customer base telling you what it wants, but your product can’t yet do, regularly.

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

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Post by newaccount2021 »

chatterhead wrote: post #89

This is awesome! I've been recording myself (video/audio) for the last couple years on and off (thousands of hours) and have no efficient way of processing the info. Was not aware of Whisper and what he's done is exactly what I'm looking to pull off. The GPT-3 idea is scary and most certainly the future. I can't stand the world of never ending 'Moviefone' menus and chatbots, but when it's me that gets to be the machi…

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

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Post by recuter »

Barrin92 wrote: post #90
gruez wrote: post #69

>RELATIONSHIP THERMOMETER >According to studies on couple relationships, it is possible to predict with an accuracy of up to 90% if the couple is going to divorce by studying the interactions, specifically the relationship between positive and negative interactions between the couple Apparently the studies that were used to reach that conclusion does no such thing and were hilariously flawed. https://slate.com/human-…

literally horoscopes for tech bros. I am starting to be slightly concerned that there's actually people out there who think some sentiment analysis python package is going to tell them what their individual relationships are like.

brb, need to edit my pitch deck..

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

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Post by QuantumSeed »

recuter wrote: post #20
albertzeyer wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, is there a list of every command a human can execute or can work with?

Yes, actually, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English If one were to take the 25,000 word Oxford Pocket English Dictionary and take away the redundancies of our rich language and eliminate the words that can be made by putting together simpler words, we find that 90% of the concepts in that dictionary can be achieved with 850 words. The shortened list makes simpler the effort to learn spelling and pronunci…

I would love to see something similar to Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammer for other languages. It seems like it would be a great tool for learning a new language.

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

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Post by electroly »

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?

The original Siri had such a list. I found it demonstrated here: https://youtu.be/agzItTz35QQ?t=716

Did that ever make it to release? I can't remember seeing it on my actual phone.

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