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I've never used Android's voice recognition – does it have similar scripted responses?
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> The second reason that such systems are extremely unlikely to emerge is that even if it would be doable technically, it would be extremely expensive to a company. And there would be literally no demand for it, because the overwhelming majority of people don't care about talking to robots. They already don't have enough time to spend with their children, partners, friends, parents... why would anyone waste time with…
Because the TV show has no bugs, no "I'm sorry, I didn't understand why you said, rephrase" in the middle of your rant against whatever, and creates the same experience for everyone who watches it, so that people can discuss amongst themselves.
Can anyone get the "Are there any flights me?" query to work? It just keeps doing a Bing search showing pages talking about the fact that Siri can do it. Wolfram Alpha can answer the question if I got to the site, so the data is definitely there.
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Because the TV show has no bugs, no "I'm sorry, I didn't understand why you said, rephrase" in the middle of your rant against whatever, and creates the same experience for everyone who watches it, so that people can discuss amongst themselves.
Nevermind that for much of the history of TV, and still today, it randomly cuts out? Heck, I sometimes say "I don't understand, can you explain?" Why would people be less tolerant of that from a robot than from me?
You can even not speak the same language, humans can understand each other by other means like body language and cultural cues. It's not something you can replicate in a machine unless you really understand how it works. Unless you are saying that human behaviour is completely understood...
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Because the TV show has no bugs, no "I'm sorry, I didn't understand why you said, rephrase" in the middle of your rant against whatever, and creates the same experience for everyone who watches it, so that people can discuss amongst themselves.
Slightly OT, but I'd be tempted to argue TV Shows can and do have bugs; plot holes, bad acting, continuity errors et al. They can be quite jarring.
This is a great article that highlights some things people have been thinking about for a while (starting with Isaac Asimov), but haven't been much of an immediate concern until now: namely the nature of artificial intelligence and our relationship with it. We could consider the emergence of a friendship like this a milestone, a bit like when chess AI got good enough to beat a typical club player, but wasn't quite re…
i found the story online: http://www.angelfire.com/blog2/endovelico/IsaakAsimov-IRobot...
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Nevermind that for much of the history of TV, and still today, it randomly cuts out? Heck, I sometimes say "I don't understand, can you explain?" Why would people be less tolerant of that from a robot than from me?
Not in the middle of a rant, or while you are professing your love for someone. In neutral discourse, sure that's expected. You can even not speak the same language, humans can understand each other by other means like body language and cultural cues. It's not something you can replicate in a machine unless you really understand how it works. Unless you are saying that human behaviour is completely understood...
It's possible to detect mode of speech even without visual cues. Factors such as pitch dynamics, speed of talk, etc. can be accounted for. Software can be trained to be even more sensitive to these signals than we are.
Of course, the problem is that this varies somewhat among different people. Therefore, part of AI training would need to happen with actual customer after purchase. There're a lot of unknowns in this process from manufacturer's point of view, so I can understand why it's not happening yet.
Once a “special” mode of speech is detected, though, it's simple to avoid canned “Please rephrase” response in case of unclear voice input. Instead the software would change its own mode of speech appropriately, and then evade the direct reply—humans do this all the time in real-life communication.
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As with most applications, it could be a lot smaller. But storage is so cheap and abundant that size is no longer really a constraint. Consequently, engineering for size is no longer a priority.
Is bandwidth not a concern? 65 GB could take weeks to download.
Siri does have a very friendly sounding voice. I've been using the Siri voice library (not the AI) in a classroom robot that help kids with autism engage with their therapy.
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How do you like it? I've been very interested (dictation in Mavericks leaves a lot to be desired) but the reviews on Amazon seem to savage it pretty good as buggy and not up to the standards of the Windows version.
I believe the Windows version is better. Integrates with Python so it's easier to customize, and I think it's easier to define your own "words". e.g. "Slap" could mean "new line". I got it on sale for $99. Now I've gotta get a good microphone. David Pogue's review: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/hello-computer-speak-your-text-wi... And the fact that John Siracusa writes articles like these with it, convinced me that I co…