voice-first products are insanely overhyped. anything that requires you to explicitly talk to it is strictly worse than just having a screen. the idea of having "an AI assistant you can just walk around with talk to" is useless

somewhat related but humane will go down as the biggest money pit of all time

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"oh but you can walk up to a building and ask the AI what you're looking at, and it can provide you with cool facts!"

when the hell have I ever needed to do that

As “products” become more like “talking to a friend or colleague”, there will be more and more people that like it

I use my google home very frequently, so I can see the value in having voice assistants

agreed, my ideal interface is still buttons. the current paradigm just can't dispose of the inconvenience of holding the buttons & visual output in a certain orientation that remains slightly strenous. massive improvement compared to 20 years ago, still hasn't arrived at the point.

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Humans absorb much more information much more quickly through visual input. 

And we don’t need extra volume cluttering our airwaves from people at all points in time.