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Re:Facebook’s Virtual Assistant M Is Dead by sampl on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @01:05PM (#16117260)
I don’t think an AI assistant and visual feedback like google search are mutually exclusive at all.

Imagine a fashion designer having a chat with a human assistant. The designer might tell them a kind of shirt they want to use for a shoot, and if it’s not obvious what to buy the assistant will come back to them with a list of options (pictures of each on a piece of paper, for ex). The designer can ask questions about each one, ask for different shirts, and simply speak when they decide: points “this one”.

This all seems very doable with current AI assistants. Google for ex already has results from recent voice searches waiting for you on your phone.

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Re:Facebook’s Virtual Assistant M Is Dead by tootie on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @01:10PM (#16117302)
I have never had much use for AI assistants except using Alexa on my FireTV. I can press a button on the remote or app to start it listening, give it some keywords to search and get results on screen to scroll through and click on. Now that I can direct those voice searches to a browser, it's even better.
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