Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?

Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by mrtksn on Friday June 08, 2018 @09:57AM (#17265387)

For me, these AI solutions always feel like I'm talking to a very stupid person who has no idea what's doing but has a booklet in possession that may or may not have the information that I'm looking for. Just give me that booklet and I will figure it out,geeez... What a frustration to deal with these smart machines.

With Siri or Google Assistant, you soon figure out few things that this very low intelligence person can do(like telling the weather or setting an alarm) and stick with it.

This is also why I'm excited about iOS12 with all these Siri shortcuts, instead of pretending that we are talking to a smart being let's have a concrete list of things that can do.

On the other hand I do believe that these voice interfaces have some potential, just the technology is not there yet.

Here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17265683

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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by _jal on Friday June 08, 2018 @11:04AM (#17266116)

> very stupid person who has no idea what's doing but has a booklet in possession

When Siri first hit the Iphone and I was trying to figure out if it was useful for me (no), I named my phone Searle[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room#Chinese_room_thou...

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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by Bartweiss on Friday June 08, 2018 @11:07AM (#17266150)

Somebody I know described Siri as "less of a Chinese room, more of a tourist's Chinese phrasebook", and it seems to sum up the issue pretty well.

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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by collyw on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:27AM (#17265704)

Maybe we should rename it to artificial stupidity.

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