And it just keeps getting worse.
Use shit product. Get shit results.
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
I am surprised at how often I will do something like “Play ‘The Apple Orchard in Saghmosavanq’ by Tigran Hamasyan” and I get back “Now playing Christina Applegate”. It’s like AI latches on to they biggest keyword it can detect and focuses on that even if it violates part of the search parameters.
Someone invented keyboards
What’s the alternative? Is there actually a good voice assistant out there?
What’s the alternative?
Open your music app yourself, select the song, and press play.
My SO just asks me to do it. Works pretty well for them.
Turn on the radio
Okay grandpa, let’s get you back to the senior center…
No, but if you want a voice assistant that you can tinker with but without expectations, I’ve been enjoying the Home Assistant Voice Preview (preview here refers to it not being consumer ready, a beta or similar).
It does need a Home Assistant setup first, it’s not a stand alone speaker.
It actually takes more effort to ask a machine to do something for you than just doing most of the things you can ask them to do.
Useful for the disabled and elderly or those with other mobility issues, for everyone else they’re a waste of time that spies on you and sells your data.
