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Apple Expands Its Machine Learning Hub in Downtown Seattle
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I just did that Siri query and got appropriate responses (web search with websites showing the answer). Siri didn't give me an answer but searched appropriately.
Alexa couldn't answer the question and Google Assistant performed the same search Siri did. So ( Siri = Google ) > Alexa
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How about this winner? Bear in mind the song is both in Apple Music, where I have a subscription, and in my local music library.
That's pretty good [bad]. I'd really like to see a thorough, rigorous test of all the assistants. I haven't found one yet that doesn't have severe limitations.
We need a test that goes something like this: Queries about 1) trivia A, B, C, D... (sample of n >= 60), 2) playing A, B, C, D... songs or playlists (n >= 60), 3) directions to A, B, C, D... (n>=60), and so on.
The tests all need to be done in the best conditions (e.g., Siri on iPhone X, Google Assistant on Pixel 2, Alexa on Fire HD 10 in a sound-controlled room) by one person. Then, repeat the tests with 30 or more other people of varying accents and enunciations. Then repeat the all the tests in 'normal' environments.
*If someone does this and gets it published I'd like at least an acknowledgement.
You'd be surprised how expensive other places have gotten as well.
Cost of living in San Francisco is about 25% higher than Seattle, just for reference.
They have done some comparative testing but none with this kind of methodological rigor. You’d have my vote.That's pretty good [bad]. I'd really like to see a thorough, rigorous test of all the assistants. I haven't found one yet that doesn't have severe limitations.
We need a test that goes something like this: Queries about 1) trivia A, B, C, D... (sample of n >= 60), 2) playing A, B, C, D... songs or playlists (n >= 60), 3) directions to A, B, C, D... (n>=60), and so on.
The tests all need to be done in the best conditions (e.g., Siri on iPhone X, Google Assistant on Pixel 2, Alexa on Fire HD 10 in a sound-controlled room) by one person. Then, repeat the tests with 30 or more other people of varying accents and enunciations. Then repeat the all the tests in 'normal' environments.
*If someone does this and gets it published I'd like at least an acknowledgement.
That picture has to be photoshopped. I've lived in Seattle since 1972 and have never seen a cloudless sky.
