{"id":2691,"date":"2016-12-05T14:02:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T21:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2016-12-05T14:02:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T21:02:20","slug":"google-home-vs-amazon-echo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=2691","title":{"rendered":"Google Home Vs Amazon Echo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were predictions that we would soon have intelligent agents in our home. This is a comparison and I&#8217;d say they&#8217;re pretty much there.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve got ordering things down, playing music, etc. But a few items are still missing involve doing slightly more complex tasks for you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find then schedule best flights for you based on criteria you specify (price, stops, dates, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Tell it to make calls to your doctor&#8217;s office\/auto shop\/etc to make appointments and check on the status of repairs\/etc and report back.<\/li>\n<li>Find and buy the best tickets for a show &#8211; scouring craigslist, ebay, ticketmaster, etc. for best prices\/seats\/etc.<\/li>\n<li>Find out about a topic and summarize it from a few sources (not just google) &#8211; giving you verbal decision trees (automobiles are broken down by commercial vs passenger, trucks vs cars vs motorcycles, etc &#8211; which would you like to learn more about?)<\/li>\n<li>Law &#8211; Is X legal in my state\/local?<\/li>\n<li>Tell you when appliances are finished (laundry is\u00a0done, etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps there&#8217;s an opportunity here for services to work with these companies &#8211; especially in the case of law\/etc. You could opt to talk to a real person in which case it would call the local office and you could continue more detailed discussion for a fee.<\/p>\n<p>And as I have stated before, here&#8217;s another example of how AI and machine learning are removing a whole class of white-collar jobs. I predict professional assistants will always be necissary for some situations, but a lot of them are about to be replaced in version 2.0 of these devices.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tOb73Hq9ukc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were predictions that we would soon have intelligent agents in our home. This is a comparison and I&#8217;d say they&#8217;re pretty much there. 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