Android Creator Is Building an AI Phone That Texts People for You, Report Says (bloomberg.com) 101
Andy Rubin, the creator of Android operating system, is not giving up on his Essential company. The consumer electronics startup is putting most projects aside to focus on development of a new kind of phone that will try to mimic the user and automatically respond to messages on their behalf, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the plans. From the report: The company paused development of a planned home speaker, months after canceling a different smartphone that had been in the works, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the details are private. Sales of an earlier phone were disappointing, and the company is abandoning the effort partly because the product is too similar to others on the market. Essential had considered selling itself this year after a series of setbacks.
The design of the new mobile device isn't like a standard smartphone. It would have a small screen and require users to interact mainly using voice commands, in concert with Essential's artificial-intelligence software. The idea is for the product to book appointments or respond to emails and text messages on its own, according to the people familiar with the plans. Users would also be able to make phone calls from the planned device.
The design of the new mobile device isn't like a standard smartphone. It would have a small screen and require users to interact mainly using voice commands, in concert with Essential's artificial-intelligence software. The idea is for the product to book appointments or respond to emails and text messages on its own, according to the people familiar with the plans. Users would also be able to make phone calls from the planned device.
It will come (Score:2)
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Afflict?
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Like Android?
Andy Rubin, the creator of Android operating system
Re:Make me a robot (Score:4, Funny)
That lives my entire for me, why don't you.
Looks like you've already had your entire.
Do not want (Score:2)
Why? Who would possibly want this?
Re: Do not want (Score:2)
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It will likely be deployed as an automatic opt-in.
You just know it's going to be a major security nightmare.
Yes, it will be an interesting experiment, almost certainly it's going to auto reply something that gets someone divorced, fired or jailed. Hilarity is nearly guaranteed.
Going to buy the domain 'Damn you auto reply' to get ready......
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+1 the essential phone was great not because of it's hardware or clever software, but because of the LACK of crap software.
Looks like this guy is going in the opposite direction now ... So weird
I'd pay for an essential phone 2 but not for this
Did you pay for one? Because it looks like not enough people did even though there were a lot of people saying this is exactly what they wanted.
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People who want their Alexa's deciding for them when they're feeling ill. Nobody - I hope.
The screen on your phone is for more than typing commands and emails. Somebody might want the AI capabilities he's working on, but that doesn't mean they want a new kind of device without a screen...
My Wife will love this (Score:2)
If my wife gets this phone she can reply "no" to all my texts without even having to read them.
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If my wife gets this phone she can reply "no" to all my texts without even having to read them.
Who needs "AI"?
https://play.google.com/store/... [google.com]
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If my wife gets this phone she can reply "no" to all my texts without even having to read them.
Who needs "AI"?
https://play.google.com/store/... [google.com]
AI will help Identify when to respond with a no- and when I'm trying to trick it by asking the question as a negative and respond with a yes.
Example:
Is it OK if I hang out with my ex having drinks tonight:
AI: NO.
Do you mind if I hang out with my ex having drinks tonight:
AI: YES.
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Yeah, but you said respond "no" to all, not respond with appropriate denial of all my great desires =)
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The 'AI' is that all texts from hubby that contain the word 'sex' get a 'NO!' response, all other texts just get a 'no'.
I have this great new "AI" tool called RegEx.
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She can already do that out without needing "AI ".
Yeah, no (Score:5, Funny)
Um, yeah, no.
Call from whoever: "do you authorize us to finalize your loan with such and such terms?"
AI phone, at my phone number, mimicking my voice perfectly: "Sure, go ahead!"
Or worse:
"Honey, did that dress I was wearing yesterday make me look fat?"
AI phone, at my phone number, mimicking my voice perfectly: "I don't have enough information to decide that."
Small Screen and Voice commands (Score:2)
So in otherwords it is useless in a room with other people (unless you want to hear them giving commands or them hear you giving commands) - and it runs contrary to the standard of ever larger screens because consumers like more screen space.
How am I supposed to browse the web on this at night while my partner sleeps? As an insomniac, sometimes at 3am after failing to sleep all night I tend to give up and start to surf the web until 5 when it's time to get up.
Go home Andy you're drunk (Score:1)
This idea is stupid as fuck. Seems Andy peaked years ago and is struggling to stay relevant. Poor guy should have just stayed with Google where people at least would pretend he still matters.
Some believe... (Score:2)
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Why bother coming up with good ideas win any idea that includes "AI" rolls in the venture capitalist money?
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Spam took over human communications (Score:2)
When the public internet was new, we all feared spam because those unsolicited commercial messages would clog up dialogue, obstructing meaning.
Since that time, humanity has worked diligently to convert that dialogue into spam by making it as standardized as possible. The new Gmail, which automatically suggests insincere boilerplate responses to messages from others, is the first step.
Once we get AI phones to mimic the most basic functions of human interaction, the whole of human communications will have bec
Bad idea (Score:3)
If it's anything like my experience with my Google Homes, it'll be just smart enough to keep around but dumb enough to be infuriating a significant portion of the time.
AI books appointments for you? (Score:1)
Angling for Aquisition (Score:1)
Evidence it still needs some work, presumably (Score:2)
"Why did you just send me a text message that you'd 'like to press your balls firmly against me, ya know what I mean?', Dad?"
I don't want it to perfectly mimic my voice... (Score:2)
Why would I think this is a good thing? (Score:2)
Why would I want my phone to respond for me and why would I want more texts that aren't from the people I want to talk to?
Automatic texts purportedly to/from me doesn't make my life better.
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You'll need a robot-you to answer all the texts from all your friend's robot-texters!
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This isn't for you. This is likely to be for datamining people for advertisers.
Wunnerful, Wunnerful ... (Score:2)
"It would have a small screen and require users to interact mainly using voice commands, in concert with Essential's artificial-intelligence software"
That's terrific. In place of folks wandering aimlessly staring at their cell phones, we can have folks wandering aimlessly staring at their cell phones and mumbling commands at them. I just can't wait.
What we need (Score:2)
What we need is a phone that will read texts for people. It doesn't have to do anything else with them.
Respond for me? (Score:2)
Gag me with a bar of soap.
History (Score:2)
Am I the only one who thinks these auto-reply systems are exactly as (in)capable as Dr. Sbaitso?
Rubin must have FU money (Score:1)
So... (Score:3)
No thanks. (Score:2)