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Re:GPT for Second Brains by rolenthedeep on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @12:25PM (#34695718)
The issue with modern voice "assistants" is that it's impossible to monetize them and still keep them useful. Something like this will probably never get built by a capitalist corporation because there's no way to turn a profit.

That's why siri and Google are driving their assistants into the ground with "by the way"

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Re:GPT for Second Brains by dewey on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @12:33PM (#34695885)
I don't think this makes sense, it's a feature that makes their platform more valuable even if not directly monetized. There's many features like that.

If someone would nail voice assistants that would be a bit selling point for their platform and it's a good way to get people into their paid services too.

Not really sure what you are referring to with driving the assistants in the ground, from what I can tell it's just not very good tech ("one moment", "working on it", "there was an problem answering this query",...) and not related to any monetization strategies.

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Re:GPT for Second Brains by lannisterstark on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:35AM (#34705630)
You'd think that they can probably support this with the ad-revenue they're getting...
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