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Mr. Luddite

On 12/25/2016 11:27 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 25 Dec 2016 14:10:21 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 12/25/2016 8:35 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 22:56:33 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 20:11:23 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 19:24:57 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 18:32:02 -0500, wrote:

Vesel božic in srecno novo leto vam tudi!

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Ali imate težave z slovenšcina?

****'n A
I am American

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Have you noticed how good Google translate has gotten? They are on
the cutting edge of AI (Artificial Intelligence) with some of their
recent developments. I never thought that I'd see translation or
voice recognition as good as it is now. We know that self driving
cars are already on the doorstep. I wonder what's next?

The merge of Virtual Reality with AI

My daughter gave me one of those "Google Home" things for Christmas.
I downloaded and installed the app for it and it works. Problem is, I
haven't a clue what the hell I am going to do with it.

My wife keep playing with the Amazon Echos and Dots. We have had a few
around here before she gives them away.
So far the only thing we have done is have it play a tune we want to
hear or ask it silly questions to see what Alexa thinks.

It seems pretty useless. There is still one here and I hope it will
talk to a smart TV (it says it will).
Maybe you can use it to call up movies from Amazon. I am sure it won't
talk to Netflix and it denies that it can see your network ... but I
doubt that.
I am still not happy with an open mike in my house that is web
connected.
They do have one at the office that she thinks is handy. The guys in
the office store things they need or are out of on the dot and when
she is ready to go to the Home Depot or Ace she can dump that list to
her phone.

When I did that here, I dumped the list, wrote it on a 3 x 5 card and
went to the store. I am not sure why that is better than just writing
it on the card when I knew I needed it.

My son stopped by last night and asked how it worked. Without thinking
I said, "You say OK Google" .... and the stupid thing lit up awaiting a
question or command. Now I am careful not to say "Go Google" unless I
want it to do something. Still exploring it a bit. I read that the
Google Home thing is rated best over Apple's "Siri" and the Amazon
thing. I may replace some of my light bulbs with the Phillips LED types
that automatically connect to your network. You can then control them
using voice commands to the Google Home thing. It will also control a
Wi-Fi enabled home thermostat. But, so far, all I've done is ask for
the weather forecast and to play music. It responds very quickly ...
faster than the cell phone.