Talk to Me by James Vlahos

Author:James Vlahos
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HMH Books

Big picture, AI still has a long way to go before it can enable truly social conversations. But the Alexa Prize—and all of the technological advances documented over the past few chapters—show that this ultimate trip-to-Mars ambition for conversational AI is no longer purely in the realm of fantasy. Scientists have built the first rockets and launched them into space.

AIs that can engage with people socially and emotionally, even if only on a limited basis, are beginning to tackle roles that were never before possible. They are changing the way we live and the types of relationships we have. “The more natural these systems start to become,” says Amazon’s Ashwin Ram, “the more they become like a real assistant or a friend or family member, and the more we start to see those boundaries blur.”

Voice AIs blur boundaries as they enter our lives as both tools and quasi beings. They blur the boundaries of privacy, autonomy, and intimacy. They blur barriers between human relationships and digital ones, between fact and fiction, between life and death. All of these changes come with a mix of opportunity and risk. And they merit serious consideration rather than passive acceptance. To explore all of these changes in part three of this book, we will start by looking at an enduring fantasy from science fiction that voice technology is now making a reality: AIs as friends.

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