| Talking to an electronic assistant is so antiquated. It feels unnatural to formulate inner thoughts into verbal commands. An ubiquitous phone has enough sensors/resources to be fully situationally aware and preempt/predict for each holder any action long time ahead. It can measure the pulse, body postures and movements, gestures, breath patterns, calculate mood, listen to the surrounding sounds, recall all information ever discussed, have 360 deg visual information (via a swarm of fully autonomous flying micro-drones), be in an network with all relevant parties (family members, friends, coworkers, community) and know everything they (the peers) know. From all gathered information the electronic personal assistant can predict all your next steps with high confidence. The humans think that they are unique, special and unpredictable, but opposite is the case. An assistant can know more about you than you think you know about yourself. So your 8yo daughter does not need to tell how to alternate the audio books, the computer can feel the mood and just do what is appropriate, without her need to issue a verbal command. Also in the morning you do not need to ask her how she slept tonight and listen to her subjective judgement. The personal assistant will feel that you are probably interested in your daughters sleep and give you an exact objective medical analysis of the quality of the sleep of your daughter tonight, without you needing to ask the personal assistant of your daughter. I love it, it is a bottomless goldmine for data analysis! |
Next step: the assistant knows that your brain didn't react to much to its sleep report the last 5 mornings, so it will stop bothering you altogether. And maybe chitchat with your daughter's assistant to let her know that her father has no interest in her health. Cool, no? (I bet there is already some science fiction on this topic?)