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Big Tech Is Faking AI (www.youtube.com)
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A new report has shown that Amazon's "Just Walk Out" AI checkout process is actually processed by 1,000 staff in India.Tech companies are under pressure to d...

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Unit conversion, weather info, set reminders, control music...

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

These. Also, random celebrity factoids (height, married, dead, etc), how long to get to some town you've never heard of, basic math that I'm too lazy to do myself.

Sometimes making it meow to confuse my cat.

[–] Piece_Maker@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is "Hey Siri, skip this track" really any better than just, reaching up and tapping your earphone?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

I usually listen to music on some Google home device, so it works for me. Or if I'm cooking and have dirty hands.

Of course when I'm commuting I just control it on the earphone.