I think part of the problem with these assistants is they are fucking annoying to use for all but the most trivial tasks. The only thing I've ever used Siri for more than once is "Siri, two minutes" - and sometimes she still tells me I don't have the timer app installed. The moment I can reliably get an answer to something I'm contemplating, it's going to have a huge impact on how much I use my phone.
> much investment and little return, and no obvious large-scale product-market fit, much less a superintelligence.
I'm always blown away when I see comments like this.
It just makes me think the people that say this either work for a competitor or simply haven't used their products.
The things that OpenAI and similar companies have created are literally revolutionary. It's insane. Pretending it's "little return" is a very strange opinion.
Are people getting in the tanks, I mean PCs, and driving them around on public roads, literally unable to see what's right in front of them?
Freeze peach to drive my unsafe taaaank. Americuuuuh.
I really wonder if people are unaware of how absurd, stupid, and unsafe many American vehicles are, or if it really is just down to selfishne-, er, I mean individuality.
Car designs have converged because there are certain properties that are better than others for safety, performance, efficiency, and so on. Those concerns are arguably much more important than aesthetics or the ability to express one’s individuality.
So far thats all it is. But the idea was that they want people to train their "generic app understand and operate" ai, which means they need powers above standard android (super insecure, but they really can not do it as standard android app)
Amazon has been working with Anthropic which at the very least will create a much more comprehensive Alexa.
> expensive talking fidget spinners
Like Alexa, Siri, and Hey Google? Which are used A LOT and will only be used more when they're natural, smarter, and conversational?
Always a strange take.