”Tech vs Media“ podcast: Max Child identifies Siri as ”over-promising and under-delivering“ the capabilities of voice control
Max Child, Volley co-founder and CEO, sees huge potential for voice control within the tech world. But he says that the industry has a long way to go. “went wrong”By combining voice control with “imaginary humans,”You might also like Alexa and Siri.
“We went wrong a little bit as an industry coupling voice control very tightly with imaginary humans and little cylinders that sit on your desk,”Child stated that’s “Tech vs Media” podcastRichard Wolpert, the host “I think speech recognition is actually pretty good, and I think you could actually do a lot of pretty straightforward tasks on your computer, on your phone [and] on these smart home devices without having to have an imaginary human living within your devices.”
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Child sees Siri and voice controls on Apple devices as an important aspect of technology that is rapidly changing in the area of AI and voice control. “held back”The service is available by “over-promising and under-delivering”Voice control is now possible.
“Once people got in this mind that any voice control the interface had to be with an imaginary AI assistant person, I think you open yourself up to like, ‘Well, this person should be able to answer any question a human can answer,’ which is a pretty broad array of things,” Child explained, adding that the human component might encourage users to ask followup questions that the AI isn’t programmed to answer.
Child, on the other hand, sees Siri on Apple TV for a “siri” “better experience,” because the format limits users’ expectations of the AI to only controlling volume and programming — similar to Alexa’s function with playing music.
Child, whose company Volley invented voice control games such as “Song Quiz” “Yes Sire,”Voice control will be a standard feature in every home, according to predictions “computing device in [users’] lives in five to 10 years” — including virtual reality.
“If we get into an AR, VR glasses universe, it’s crazy to not think that you would be speaking to those devices and doing a lot of those things… with your voice,”Child stated that voice control will be available in cars as well. “The market to me is like all computing devices — that doesn’t mean we’ll be successful on all computing devices — but I think the penetration is true ubiquity.”
Voice control is intuitive for co-founders. “talking is still the most natural way to sort of communicate with with anything… to manifest your beliefs or your desires into the world.”
“Computers evolved to suit humans to be more intuitive to human beings,”He said. “It seems very straightforward that we’re gonna use voice to interact with our computing devices. It’s really just about how can you get the software and the voice recognition to work well, in a way where it’s really easy to use [and] it’s as easy to use as touchscreen.”
You can listen to the entire episode below.
Episode highlights:
- Max Child breaks down Volley’s goal of becoming a “homepage for voice control games, across all manner of devices”
- Max Child walks you through the accessibility offered by voice control programs
- Max Child investigates the interaction between voice control and creative AI features for gaming.
- Max Child predicts Alexa may be driving Amazon Music’s sales
- Max Child explains his belief that Siri on Apple TV is a good idea. “better experience”Siri on the iPhone is better than Siri
- Max Child says that the industry is in transition. “deterministic programming to AI and machine learning driven programming”
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