Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020
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Here comes Bixby: Samsung to pack AI voice controls into every device it sells by 2020
The Korean conglomerate wants voice-powered Bixby brand appeal for its entire product lineup.
Yes, Samsung has claimed they want to push their crappy voice assistant that they couldn't even get to understand English on time (and by extension, internet connectivity) on all their devices, not just phones. And Samsung makes a lot of different devices. No sci-fi author suspected that the AI would not take over the world by its own actions, but rather would be forced onto everything by big corporations.
Of course, considering that approximately 77% of the world's population does not natively speak any of the languages that it supports, one would doubt the commercial success of such a thing. Then again, being Samsung, there's three possibilities:
- They expect everyone in the world to learn Korean, the superior language.
- They don't care about spending millions pushing some product that local customers can't even use. They might add support for a few more languages in the future.
- It's all vaporware to generate hype
Probably a mix of all 3.
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@anonymous234 Please consider all upvotes as downvotes.
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@anonymous234 said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
No sci-fi author suspected that the AI would not take over the world by its own actions, but rather would be forced onto everything by big corporations.
Dick? Gibson (or whoever wrote Neuromancer)?
I'm flat out guessing at PKD but I'm still sure he covered that.
This is terrible news but it will justify me shouting "bixBY" like I'm calling for Rasmus every time I see a Samsung device, which is good because I already do.
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@Gribnit said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
@anonymous234 said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
No sci-fi author suspected that the AI would not take over the world by its own actions, but rather would be forced onto everything by big corporations.
Dick? Gibson (or whoever wrote Neuromancer)?
I'm flat out guessing at PKD but I'm still sure he covered that.
William Gibson.
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@Steve_The_Cynic said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
@Gribnit said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
@anonymous234 said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
No sci-fi author suspected that the AI would not take over the world by its own actions, but rather would be forced onto everything by big corporations.
Dick? Gibson (or whoever wrote Neuromancer)?
I'm flat out guessing at PKD but I'm still sure he covered that.
William Gibson.I mean, PKD has some stories involving intelligent machines as well. It's nowhere Gibson level of course, you can hardly expect that given the time at which he wrote his stories as opposed to Gibson.
Filed under: In the future, all data will still be stored on punchcards and magnetic tape, don't you know?
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@Onyx said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
Filed under: In the future, all data will still be stored on punchcards
Flash memory is kind of like a microscopic punchcard where you punch electrons off a transistor.
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@mott555: interesting comparison. But unfortunately, it falls apart when you consider Flash memory is erasable. Good luck gluing the little pieces of cardboard back into their holes!
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@Zerosquare it's squishy paper duh
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@Gribnit you fucked up now, now you have an idea for play-doh memory for lego robots, what the hell are you going to do with that?
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I'm looking forward to Bixby fighting Watson for control over the internet.
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@swayde Watson seems closer to a visit from the Turings than Bixby by a large margin, Bixby probably would have to eliminate Siri and Alexa to get to that match. Then there's... what the hell was her name? Microsoft's Nazi Chatbot is now her name.
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@Gribnit said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
Microsoft's Nazi Chatbot is now her name.
Clippy?
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@swayde that'll work
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@anonymous234 said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
No sci-fi author suspected that the AI would not take over the world by its own actions, but rather would be forced onto everything by big corporations.
Nitpick: this isn't such uncommon theme in sci-fi books. Can't remember any specific title, but I've seen the corporate-overlords-shove-AI-down-everyone's-throats plot more than once.
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@Gąska said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
@anonymous234 said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
No sci-fi author suspected that the AI would not take over the world by its own actions, but rather would be forced onto everything by big corporations.
Nitpick: this isn't such uncommon theme in sci-fi books. Can't remember any specific title, but I've seen the corporate-overlords-shove-AI-down-everyone's-throats plot more than once.
I'd say
5th Elementhas this kind of world.
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@Gribnit Sounds like a good way to store complex analog 3D values!
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@anonymous234 I was liking its "volatile to non-volatile" capability (y'know, for backups) but now I like it even more.
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@Zerosquare said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
Good luck gluing the little pieces of cardboard back into their holes!
All you need is to put some sticky tape over the holes. No need for the punched out bits of card.
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@Gurth The glue would gum up the little punches tho
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@Gurth said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
@Zerosquare said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
Good luck gluing the little pieces of cardboard back into their holes!
All you need is to put some sticky tape over the holes. No need for the punched out bits of card.
Depends if the reader is electrical or optical. OK, I agree, opaque sticky tape.
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@Gribnit said in Samsung plans to bring Bixby to everything it sells by 2020:
@Gurth The glue would gum up the little punches tho
So put the tape on both sides …
