I just tried that request with Siri on a random sample of five different stores. It got every one right, including one open for 24 hours.
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I just tried that request with Siri on a random sample of five different stores. It got every one right, including one open for 24 hours.
Don't tell me, Samsung will call it... S-Voice....
S-Voice was a dud, and only gave Samsung users annoyance as it is duplicating the more refined Google Now.
And now this. Unless it's integrated with the OS, it will be just a feature on a list, along with dozens other Samsung features that nobody uses.
They could bake it into Tizen OS. Now imagine their smart watches truly become smart.
With Privacy though?
I think the reason why Alexa and other assistants might be superior to Siri right now could be because they are not restricted with privacy concerns, but Apple wants AI with your privacy preserved. Even the Photos "facematch" stuff protects our privacy on the iPhone, but the equivalent "face match" with Google almost certainly does not put as much interest or focus on protecting your privacy.
My opinion is that Samsung views the pursuit of AI as something very worthy/important.
Samsung is Korean, and that's what makes them think they can do better than Google. Hope that doesn't sound politically incorrect. I think it's great that they are going for it. If someone gets the jump on creating a sentient AI worthy of human rights it might only be a matter of months before the sentient AI can provide us with just about anything we want - Fusion power, a cure for Cancer, who knows what it could figure out for us.
I know this sounds far-fetched, but the creation of a true sentient AI might be the biggest milestone of human achievement.
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How soon? I'll short it
Oh wait a sec - AAPL liquid asset value is something like $50 or $60 per share, so it's surely worth at least that.
AAPL is the best stock on the market - nothing else compares - check the financial statements.
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Maybe you missed something really great about Siri. Try using the voice to text feature of Siri the next time you want to send a text message from your iPhone. I use Siri daily for "voice to text" - I rarely type text messages and use Siri as much as I can every day. Huge time saver. If you try it, I think you will agree.
Google's been doing that with me... it alerted me that I have a flight in a few days. I'm wondering how it found out, and surmised it was because I had the confirmations sent to my gmail account. File this under the "cool, but creepy" folder.
As far as tradeoffs go, it's been said that Google is better at their voice command functions and searches BECAUSE there have so much info and data. Apple sandboxes its iPhone apps which is a nice precaution for security and other reasons, but it has been stifling that area.
This AI assistant thing should be a standard shared by everyone, like an open-source in a way or HTML5. When everyone puts effort in, the whole will be more than the sum of its parts.
Instead of Samsung, Google, Apple, and whoever else is doing his own version of it.
Instead of Samsung, Google, Apple, and whoever else is doing his own version of it.
It kind of worked with others standards like e-mail, HTML5, and standard storage devices like VHS and DVD. No one made his own DVD version or mp3 version.
Works for me.
Just asked it to turn my lights off (about to leave for work), works great. I also ask it to play songs in the car. Works the vast majority of the time unless the artist has a very unusual name
I use Siri for grocery lists and other notes and unlock/unlock our front door through her, works fine for me!
And on the opposite side, just this morning while driving my teen daughter to school, I asked Google Now what time Dollar General opened, and its voice replied that the closest one opened at 8am.
Curious, my daughter then asked the exact same question of Siri, and it came back with two store choices, miles apart. She clicked on the closest one and Siri responded that she did not know what time it opened, but "here are some web results".
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One interesting thing lately is that Google Maps has sometimes been asking me for input on local stores, with checkmarks for items such as "Do they deliver" and "Is this a retail store", which Google is using to enhance their search results. That's smart. Every map service should solicit user input.
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