Yes! Voice is sort-of "tactile" if you will. The process of speaking instead of typing may well cause us to expect a more human interaction. I bet they're already studying this effect and changing search results for voice searches accordingly, but it will be fun to watch how it unfolds.

Very nice article, I only skimmed so far, but I think I agree with all of it. It has a definitely pro-consumer bent that I wish would come true, but seems like trends are in the other direction. I suspect there's too much money in search and improving query understanding at scale for companies that get there to be as transparent and open and sharing as this author is asking.