Computers Make Strides in Recognizing Speech

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	Computers Make Strides in Recognizing Speech (nytimes.com)
	11 points by babakian 5836 days ago

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I can hear a faint "They took our jooobs!!"

okay. what are we going to do when huge segments of society are automated out of the labor market?

Russell's essay "In Praise of Idleness" might be a useful starting place for reorienting values in this regard.

"Engineers and researchers make strides in computers' ability to recognize speech."