Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?

Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by jacksmith21006 on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:02AM (#17265450)

Would not say the Google one is shitty. We started with an echo and it did require more rigid language but the Google home is pretty good.

Not perfect but good enough that it provides value.

I now use voice a lot because of the quality with Google tech.

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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by Bartweiss on Friday June 08, 2018 @11:10AM (#17266190)

Oddly, my problem with Google is that it's too flexible. Most of the time, it understands me, and that's great. But when Alexa doesn't understand, there's usually an error. When Google doesn't, it seems to call people, cancel navigation, and do all sorts of loony things I didn't ask for.

80% success and 20% no action might be usable for an assistant, but adding in 5% random behavior makes it drastically worse than useless.

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