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by ozim 1304 days ago
I have different point of view - 90's Start Trek stuff is here - I can tell Alexa turn on the lights and it will happen. I can tell specific name of a room I want to off/on/dim/bright that I typed in while setting up my smart lights even.

In 90's Star Trek they also don't talk with computer much more than saying very specific commands and getting some response just like one would ask Alexa for a weather. I can also setup some sensors so it would give me status report if I want to.

You take voice recognition for granted - it is not easy - it was really not possible not that long ago on level we have now like even in 2000's.

From 1990's to today - I feel that I live in the future.

If you take Doctor the hologram or holosuite characters - well yeah AI of today is nowhere near and I believe it never will be - but as I say my mind is blowing up when I see level of voice recognition, image recognition, game engines of today compared to what was possible in 1990's or even 2000's.