This billion-$ industry seems headed for a crash. A well-designed, Jobsian UI will always beat an Alexa/Siri voice assistant. We desire the ambiguity of voice only when we find a human at the other end.https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1051622903538565120 …
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Replying to @SimonDeDeo
Simon, agree. I think the power will come like it does with human to human interactions, with context. The deeper the context you have the more rewarding the interaction become. We are in the Stone Age with Alexa/Siri with deep context for they are not true personal assistants.
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A machine one wants to talk to seems to be an AI-complete problem. Speaking is an act, and not one the human mind takes lightly.
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Replying to @SimonDeDeo @BrianRoemmele
There's no ancient antecedent to speaking to AI. Alexa and Siri are terrible, awkward and alienating. But it's not because they are in the stone age, but because humans want to talk to other humans. You can feel it when you speak to these AI assistants. It doesn't feel right
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Speech is in a different category than text or UI. The only antecedents to speaking to objects is praying to an icon/wailing wall/religious service. Even voice 2 text, which some thought we would be doing more by now has not garnered much traction.
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Replying to @PaulSkallas @SimonDeDeo
Paul, I hear ya. The antecedents may very well be humans. Additionally in the late 1800s telephonophobia had a similar discordance with a generation. The original phone needed to be anthropomorphized with the bells as eyes and microphone as nose for some to even use the device.pic.twitter.com/TE1y7v2aR8
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Paul, as to Speech-To-Text. Google and other have shown that it has indeed taken off. One interesting statistic is the youth cohort: 25% of individuals ages 16-24 use voice search on mobile:https://blog.globalwebindex.com/chart-of-the-day/25-of-16-24s-use-voice-search-on-mobile/ …
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @SimonDeDeo
what does "not interested" mean? http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/12/12/nearly-half-of-americans-use-digital-voice-assistants-mostly-on-their-smartphones/?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20%28bii-apps-and-platforms%29:%20Voice%20assistant%20usage%20remains%20low%20%E2%80%94%20FCC%20votes%20to%20repeal%20net%20neutrality%20rules%20%E2%80%94%20Facebook%20introduces%20Click-to-WhatsApp&utm_term=BII%20List%20Mobile%20ALL …pic.twitter.com/XNGKLr5KPv
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Replying to @PaulSkallas @SimonDeDeo
Paul, the same research group conducted a similar study when the Macintosh was released in 1984. Over 70% were not interested in owning a computer. Now it’s in their pocket. Here is some empirical insights from the source, this is just voice search growth...pic.twitter.com/40ncMVuitl
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Paul, It is also prima facia fact that that Amazon’s sales of Echo devices have been the top selling items on prime day and holiday season. The growth has not subsided since 2014...pic.twitter.com/I2vpWjpe64
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