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Alexa vs. Siri vs. Google: Which Can Carry on a Conversation Best?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/17/technology/alexa-siri-conversation.html
By KEITH COLLINS and CADE METZ / The New York Times / AUG. 17, 2018
“Digital assistants like Amazon’s Echo can listen to you. And they can talk back. But that doesn’t mean they can carry on a good conversation.
As the devices that run these assistants become more commonplace — 39 million Americans now own one, according to a recent study — Amazon and competitors like Apple and Google foresee a day when you can chat with their assistants like you would with a friend.
We explored the conversational limits of the leading assistants. After consulting with the companies involved and a few artificial intelligence experts we created tests that show what they can and can’t handle. Don’t expect the assistants to replace conversations with friends anytime soon. But the experiments — even in the moments when the assistants screwed up — showed what these assistants could one day become in our lives....”
Photo by Jens Mortensen for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/17/technology/alexa-siri-conversation.html
By KEITH COLLINS and CADE METZ / The New York Times / AUG. 17, 2018
“Digital assistants like Amazon’s Echo can listen to you. And they can talk back. But that doesn’t mean they can carry on a good conversation.
As the devices that run these assistants become more commonplace — 39 million Americans now own one, according to a recent study — Amazon and competitors like Apple and Google foresee a day when you can chat with their assistants like you would with a friend.
We explored the conversational limits of the leading assistants. After consulting with the companies involved and a few artificial intelligence experts we created tests that show what they can and can’t handle. Don’t expect the assistants to replace conversations with friends anytime soon. But the experiments — even in the moments when the assistants screwed up — showed what these assistants could one day become in our lives....”
Photo by Jens Mortensen for The New York Times
