Hi,
Creators of Siri recently presented their new product called Viv. http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/9/11639992/viv-digital-assistant-ai-artificial-intelligence-siri
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/04/07/dag-kittlaus-demo-new-ai-product/
1. Do you think that this kind of human-computer interaction is a holy grail of IT?
2. What do you think about other personal assistants (Siri, Google Now, Cortana)?
3. Do you think that a perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized?
It is not a holy grail. But it is something that consumer want to have. Why ? Because we were fed by thin by sci-fi movies for over 30 years. It looks cool, it it really handy but it is only a small step in evolution of technology. I worked with Cortana a lot. It is usefull when you are driving a car or bike but when you`re siting at your desk the natural way of interaction is much faster and easy and you don't need to worry that someone will hear you.
ReplyDeleteThe perfect assistant should learn our behaviour so yes, it should be more personalized. It should be like a true human assistent, it is more usefull when he knows what and when we like to do
Hi, thank you for your comment. I agree that somehow all sci-fi visions are eventually realized.
Delete1. Do you think that this kind of human-computer interaction is a holy grail of IT?
ReplyDeleteI agree with David. It is a product, which can meet customer needs. Nowadays technology gives a new opportunities that have to be involved in order to human-computer interaction.
2. What do you think about other personal assistants (Siri, Google Now, Cortana)?
I do not afraid about that the Google can track my moves so I like "google now" service. It is great because sometimes becouse I can be sure that when I forgot about interesting event I will receive notification on my devices from Google.
3. Do you think that a perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized?
I have heard about new improvements in this area, so I hope it might be even better than it is now. Sometimes users are receiving a lot of useless notifications.
Hi, thank you for your comment. Privacy is a big issue in that field, especially when considering personalization.
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I have the same opinion as Dawid
2. What do you think about other personal assistants (Siri, Google Now, Cortana)?
In my opinion Google is the best:) and can be better
3. Do you think that a perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized?
I think personal assistant should be more personalized in future
Hi, thank you for your comment. Why do you think that Google is the best? ;-)
Delete1. Do you think that this kind of human-computer interaction is a holy grail of IT?
ReplyDeleteI don't think that this is holy grail in IT. I was traying to use Google Now but it's not for me. The best usage will be when you are driving car or when you two hands are occupied, but for dayily usage I am bigger fan of traditional stuff searching. And seriously I don't want to see whole bus of people with active use of their PA, I think that talking (or shouting) through phone in bus or tram is enough.
2. What do you think about other personal assistants (Siri, Google Now, Cortana)?
My answer is above.
3. Do you think that a perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized?
Yes and no. Yes becouse it can improve interaction between owner and assistant. No because you don't know how this data will be used in your smarpthone and who will have access to them.
Hi, I totally agree that people talking with their devices look ridiculous. However, 20 years ago people using mobile phones looked as much ridiculous ;-)
DeleteConsider this as an offtopic, but posting articles one day before the deadline is a bit wrong in my honest opinion. It's better to skip your turn.
ReplyDeleteI prefer having a lazy weekend over checking this site every day. This is my personal opinion, maybe my colleagues don't mind.
Anyway:
1. Do you think that this kind of human-computer interaction is a holy grail of IT?
It isn't, but we are lazy. It's easier to talk with AI, than use keyboard or mouse. It's easier than touching the screen and so on. We want it, because it's easier. Currently it's not faster and for sure it's not as accurate, because speech recognition is far from being perfect.
2. What do you think about other personal assistants (Siri, Google Now, Cortana)?
I'm using only Siri, so it's hard to compare.
3. Do you think that a perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized?
What do you mean by saying more personalized? Isn't it now? Can you elaborate about it?
Hi, I'm sorry for posting it so late. To be hones, I've just realized yesterday that it's my turn to do that. I had absolutely no intentions to offend anyone. I didn't want to ruin your weekend.
DeleteThank you for your input to the discussion. I agree that for now it's more like a gadget than useful solution.
Personalized meaning taking into consideration user's preferences. So when you ask for the nearest restaurant assistant should filter that using your profile to avoid recommending you the nearest but the worst for you.
You encourage me to think when you write about that holy grail of IT. I won't answer on this question. Everybody has his own holy grail and I won't speak for the masses. I'm not using personal assistants. Maybe because I don't have time to adapt to this technology or maybe I have bad experience with MS Office 97 clip. Idea was promising but current computers got not enough power to handle it. And I won't answer for your last question because of lack experience with intelligent personal assistants.
ReplyDeleteThank your, fair enough ;-)
Delete1. Do you think that this kind of human-computer interaction is a holy grail of IT?
ReplyDeleteI think that personal asisstant or a more direct human-computer interaction is kind of a need of today's market. I don't know if I can call it a holy grail, because IT area is so broad that I might not even know about really important issues in many IT domains.
2. What do you think about other personal assistants (Siri, Google Now, Cortana)?
I don't use any personal assistant, so I cannot compare them. Using them is a bit weird to me and I cannot get used to it. Such assistants reminds me more of sci-fi movie than of real need in my life.
3. Do you think that a perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized?
Probably it depends how we will use this assistant. If it should help us in many activities during our everyday life, then for sure it will be more usefull if it will have a lot of information about our lifestyle. But when we only use then to dial a number during driving, than good voice recognition abilities and the knowledge of our contact list should be enough.
Hi, thank you for your comment. I understand your position. That's true that in some cases it's not crucial for personal assistants to be personalized.
DeleteMutual understanding between human and computer is obviously very important issue, but I agree with my colleagues that IT is a very broad discipline to narrow it to interaction with human. Technically Viv is just a user interface.
ReplyDeleteI haven't use any personal assistant software so I can't really tell the difference between them. Instead I use couple applications to help me get the information I need quite fast.
A good personal assistant software should learn his owner's habits and therefore does not need any kind of programmatic personalization. In my opinion it should personalize by itself. This unfortunately requires gathering and analysis of whole bunch of data about user.
Hi, thank you for your comment. From my point of view, Viv is much more than a user interface. It's a set of quite sophisticated algorithms. I agree that a good personal assistant should know a lot about the user and that could be also an issue in terms of privacy.
Delete1. Do you think that this kind of human-computer interaction is a holy grail of IT?
ReplyDeleteIt is a holy grail but only partly. A lot of work has been done and now we can observe better and better systems like Google Now. Many companies are working on intelligent system. It is hard but we are every day closer to that goal.
2. What do you think about other personal assistants (Siri, Google Now, Cortana)?
Personal assistants is more important for people with physical disabilities, it could help many people in every day life. For example people with visual impairment are able through Siri send email or text message, and that opportunity is lifesaver for them.
3. Do you think that a perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized?
Yes, people like to use specific word that only they can understand like nickname or mental shortcuts, and that's why after personalization system would be fast and easy in use for them.
Hi, thank you for your comment. I agree that people with disabilities could benefit from this technology. Thank you for your input!
DeleteI wouldn't call this the holy grail of IT, however, as already noted by David can enjoy a lot of interest because of the interesting communication interface. I don't have enough experience to be able to compare mentioned agents. As I understand Viv is one of the newest and most advanced solution of this kind. Yes, I think perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized. This can be the additional advantage.
ReplyDeleteHi, thank your for your input.
DeleteI guess personal assistants and chat bots are really on fire right now. Still wouldn't call them a holy grail, as previous commenters mentioned. It's really funny though that people are comparing them to MS Office Clippy.
ReplyDeleteI haven't used any personal assistant myself, but I really like what the people from Magic are doing (https://getmagicnow.com/). Magic+ examples are really awesome. Yes I know, that so far probably most of the stuff is handled by human operators, but I feel that's a matter of time when AI will take over most of the process. I feel that personalisation is the key to success.
Hi, I found comparing to MS Office Clippy funny too ;-) I didn't know about Magic+, thanks!
Delete1. Do you think that this kind of human-computer interaction is the holy grail of IT?
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a good method of communication, but nothing is perfect especially in new industries.
2. What do you think about other personal assistants (Siri, Google Now, Cortana)?
I agree with Dorothy - personal assistants is more important for people with physical disabilities - here I see great needs.
3. Do you think that a perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized?
Personalization improves effectiveness in every field - but good personalization.
Hi, thank your for your comment. I agree that it is all about qualities of personalization.
DeleteThank you very much for late publishing of your post. It makes much less work for me, since I will not answer it :)
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DeleteHi, I'm sorry for late publishing and thank you for the comment that brings nothing to the discussion ;-)
DeleteHey thanks for recommending this article. Off to the questions:
ReplyDelete1. I have to agree with Dawid on this matter, I don't think this assistance software is really a holy grail of IT. It is just something people like to think about after seeing movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey. A useful assistant would need to be as intelligent as HAL 9000 (perhaps not so evil though).
2. They are more or less on the same level.
3. As stated in my first answer it should be more intelligent, not only personalized.
AI haven't matured enough for such applications yet. A notable example is the fiasco of Microsoft's TayTweet which after a while of being released to the public it started praising Hitler and calling for another Holocaust...
Hi, thank you for your comment. There is a lot to improve in this field to create as good solution as HAL 9000 ;-)
DeleteI reckon this kind of human-computer interaction is not a holy grail of IT. I think this is only several software which can help us to communicate with machine. This software agent that can perform tasks or services for an individual. These tasks or services are based on user input, location awareness, and the ability to access information from a variety of online sources (such as weather or traffic conditions, news, stock prices, user schedules, retail prices, etc.). Unfortunately this software is still only software and human must programme it. This is not a typical AI as in SF movies or books. I don’t have any experience with such kind of software and I don’t know which kind of personal assistance is better. I think in the future this kind of software will be more personalized and this is immediately obvious.
ReplyDeleteHi, thank you for you comment. I agree that a context awareness is crucial for a good personal assistant.
Delete1. Do you think that this kind of human-computer interaction is a holy grail of IT?
ReplyDeleteNo, laver no. I’m admirer of terminator – that is my holy grail of IT. But I think that presented product is very good.
2. What do you think about other personal assistants (Siri, Google Now, Cortana)? I think it is very important to have that applications in our life. For me it is normal to use that kind of piece of IT.
3. Do you think that a perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized? I think that assistant should be only assistant – not your right hand – but it should be your succor not you.
Hi, thanks, I simply can't argue with the "Terminator" argument ;-)
DeleteThe product is great (according to what I've seen). The point is what do we really need from our devices. I like the current level of HCI and I wouldn't be a huge fan of changing it. It leads people to be completely dependent on functionalities offered by electronic devices (at this point I recall article about a driver that end up in lake driving by a navigation). Personalized personal assistant means more or less that huge amount of data about us is saved in preferences of such an assistant. In my opinion it violates our privacy. I don't believe that package of relevant information wouldn't be used further by the provider of the assistant.
ReplyDeleteThank you Marcin for your input. I agree that counteract a privacy violation is a challenge. We really need to talk more deeply about what you like in the current level of HCI ;-)
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