M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger • Hacker News Board

Re: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

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Post by x5n1 » Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 5:41 PM UTC

samuellavoie90 wrote: post #5

School-Cotton wrote: post #2

It's M, not Q.

I had my hopes up, Expecting Q from star trek.

"STOP THIS RIGHT NOW, Q!" was going to be my next thought.

Re: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

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Post by zkhalique » Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 5:42 PM UTC

My main question is - how did facebook make a HUGE picture show up when you share this page on facebook? Anyone know?

Re: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

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Post by chimeracoder » Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 5:43 PM UTC

I really love the logo. I kind of wish they'd made it a mobius strip (this one has two sides), but either way, it's awesome.

Re: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

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Post by mbesto » Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 5:43 PM UTC

The first thing I see when someone asks "find me a good burger place in Chicago" is "how can companies game this through official ($) or artificial (spam) means?"

Re: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

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Post by viach » Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

evincarofautumn wrote: post #8

viach wrote: post #6

"It can purchase items, get gifts delivered to your loved ones, book restaurants, travel arrangements, appointments and way more" So it can spend my money in behalf of me?

Of course, is that unclear? “M can actually complete tasks on your behalf. It can purchase items […]”

Ahh, thank you for the explanation, I should really read more carefully! This is indeed a great application of AI related technologies.

Ohh, wait, can it do something else?

Re: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

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Post by pen2l » Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 5:49 PM UTC

mbesto wrote: post #14

The first thing I see when someone asks "find me a good burger place in Chicago" is "how can companies game this through official ($) or artificial (spam) means?"

The first thing I thought after seeing that example is FB is the new Yelp. Restaurants will have to pay FB for visibility and recognition...

Same thing as Yelp, just a lot scarier.

Re: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

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Post by rwc » Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 5:51 PM UTC

zkhalique wrote: post #12

My main question is - how did facebook make a HUGE picture show up when you share this page on facebook? Anyone know?

og:image - An image URL which should represent your object within the graph.

http://ogp.me/

Re: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

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Post by apetresc » Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 5:54 PM UTC

Anyone figured out how to sign up for the test? Is it a contact you can add to your Messenger list, like chatbots of old?

Re: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

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Post by MikusR » Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 5:54 PM UTC

chimeracoder wrote: post #13

I really love the logo. I kind of wish they'd made it a mobius strip (this one has two sides), but either way, it's awesome.

That's Visual Studio logo.

Re: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

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Post by toomuchtodo » Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 5:55 PM UTC

x5n1 wrote: post #11

samuellavoie90 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had my hopes up, Expecting Q from star trek.

"STOP THIS RIGHT NOW, Q!" was going to be my next thought.

I would love to see John Oliver integrate that into a bit.