I have watched my wife and kids struggle with siri for years, and with alexa since christmas. I think a big tech fail with both is that the voice assistants do not get the context of the discussion. So, the user needs to be very precise with the instructions that are provided. For example, I hooked up alexa to wemo switches, connected it to our two christmas trees, named them white tree and green tree, and put them in a group called christmas trees.
To turn on/off, I just need to say 'Alex, turn on the christmas trees', or 'Alexa, turn off the white tree'. Then my kids end up trying:
- Alexa, turn on the trees? - fail
- Alexa, turn on the christmas tree lights? - fail
- Alexa, turn on the white christmas tree? - fail
- Alexa, is the white christmas tree on? - fail
Also, the voice assistants seem to struggle with accents. maybe the voice samples used for training are all captured in studios in southern California. My wife speaks with a slight south eastern accent, and I end up having to repeat her commands for the voice assistants like Sigourney Weaver in galaxy quest.
Not true. The in the US, the original intent of the patent system was to grant the inventor exclusive rights to the invention for a short time period, which which could be used by the inventor to make a profit.
From Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution:
The Congress shall have Power...
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
The employer probably had to pay the current market rate to get the new person to join. If his requested salary was to high above the market rate, he would most likely have been passed over for the next qualified candidate.
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I have watched my wife and kids struggle with siri for years, and with alexa since christmas. I think a big tech fail with both is that the voice assistants do not get the context of the discussion. So, the user needs to be very precise with the instructions that are provided. For example, I hooked up alexa to wemo switches, connected it to our two christmas trees, named them white tree and green tree, and put them in a group called christmas trees.
To turn on/off, I just need to say 'Alex, turn on the christmas trees', or 'Alexa, turn off the white tree'. Then my kids end up trying:
- Alexa, turn on the trees? - fail
- Alexa, turn on the christmas tree lights? - fail
- Alexa, turn on the white christmas tree? - fail
- Alexa, is the white christmas tree on? - fail
Also, the voice assistants seem to struggle with accents. maybe the voice samples used for training are all captured in studios in southern California. My wife speaks with a slight south eastern accent, and I end up having to repeat her commands for the voice assistants like Sigourney Weaver in galaxy quest.
Not true. The in the US, the original intent of the patent system was to grant the inventor exclusive rights to the invention for a short time period, which which could be used by the inventor to make a profit. From Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have Power ...
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
The employer probably had to pay the current market rate to get the new person to join. If his requested salary was to high above the market rate, he would most likely have been passed over for the next qualified candidate.