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    Talk to Me: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Think
    Talk to Me: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Think
    Talk to Me: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Think
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    Talk to Me: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Think

    Written by James Vlahos

    Narrated by James Vlahos

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    A New York Times Magazine writer explores the Next Big Thing in tech-the impending revolution in voice recognition-and shows how it will upend Silicon Valley and transform how we use computers, the Web, and much more. Every decade or so brings a seismic shift in how people interact with tech, from the PC to the internet to the smartphone. James Vlahos shows that we are on the cusp of the next shift: to voice computing. Siri and Alexa are early forms of this technology, but the day is coming when we'll talk as fluently with our phones, appliances, cars, etc. as we do with any human. Vlahos explains the enormous AI challenges that voice computing presents, and unpacks its vast economic, cultural, and psychological impact. He reveals how Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and other titans are competing fiercely to create the new voice-driven interfaces. Amazon has devoted an entire secret building to their efforts, and other companies are making similarly huge plays. Vlahos doesn't shy away from the troubling questions that voice computing raises. Will people become emotionally dependent on lifelike computers? Will we confide in them in ways that further erode our privacy? Will they deepen our addiction to all things digital? We are on the verge of a transformation as big as the iPhone. Talk to Me will help us get ready.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 26, 2019
    ISBN9781980031956
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    James Vlahos

    JAMES VLAHOS covers the frontiers of technological change for publications like Wired, the New York Times Magazine, Popular Science, and Scientific American; he also writes for The Atlantic and GQ. In 2017 he engineered a chatbot that helps preserve the personality and tell the life story of his late father, a project that resulted in a Wired cover story and attracted attention from around the world. He lives in El Cerrito, California.

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    • 5/5
      Well written book about voice A.I, it’s histories, set backs, potential, dangers and still open-ended questions. Brings about a good reflection on the topic of where do we want voice AI to go and do?