Alexa vs. Siri vs. Google: Which Can Carry on a Conversation Best?

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> Date: August 18, 2018 at 10:54:49 PM GMT+9
> To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Alexa vs. Siri vs. Google: Which Can Carry on a Conversation Best?
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> Alexa vs. Siri vs. Google: Which Can Carry on a Conversation Best?
> By KEITH COLLINS and CADE METZ
> Aug 17 2018
> <https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/17/technology/alexa-siri-conversation.html>
>
> Digital assistants like Amazon’s Echo can listen to you. And they can talk back. But that doesn’t mean they can carry 
> on a good conversation.
>
> As the devices that run these assistants become more commonplace — 39 million Americans now own one, according to a 
> recent study — Amazon and competitors like Apple and Google foresee a day when you can chat with their assistants 
> like you would with a friend.
>
> We explored the conversational limits of the leading assistants. After consulting with the companies involved and a 
> few artificial intelligence experts we created tests that show what they can and can’t handle. Don’t expect the 
> assistants to replace conversations with friends anytime soon. But the experiments — even in the moments when the 
> assistants screwed up — showed what these assistants could one day become in our lives.
>
> Let’s make a list
>
> Because these devices are not yet nimble enough to understand and respond to anything you might say, Amazon, Apple, 
> and Google must hone them for particular tasks, like playing a song or building a shopping list. If you stick to 
> these tasks, the devices are pretty good at zeroing on what you want. But even inside these small domains, they can 
> trip up. Listen how.
>
> [snip]
>
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