Intelligent Human Assistant
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An Intelligent Human Assistant is an intelligent assistant (that can solve an advisory tasks) who is an intelligent person.
- Context:
- It can range from being an: English Language Human Assistant, French Language Human Assistant, German Language Human Assistant, Chinese Language Human Assistant, ....
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Intelligent Digital Assistant, such as Siri.
- an Autonomous Car.
- a Home Robot, such as a Roomba.
- See: Linguistic Task, Watson System.
References
2015
- http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21664071-technology-firms-are-competing-become-consumers-personal-secretaries-big-implications
- QUOTE: Most real-life personal assistants do not need to worry about their jobs being threatened by technology — at least yet. Digital assistants serve as a hands-free way to search for information but struggle to complete actions that require more complex steps, such as booking flights. Your correspondent spent several days “employing” a variety of available digital assistants. Although they can find nearby restaurants and make a booking through OpenTable, they do not yet know her well enough or have the judgment to tell her which is the “best” Italian food. Echo, Amazon’s product, can recite the definition of “personal assistant” without hesitation, but had no idea how to respond when your correspondent asked whether Echo was her personal assistant. …
… As virtual secretaries become more powerful, the question of who works for whom will become more pressing.
- QUOTE: Most real-life personal assistants do not need to worry about their jobs being threatened by technology — at least yet. Digital assistants serve as a hands-free way to search for information but struggle to complete actions that require more complex steps, such as booking flights. Your correspondent spent several days “employing” a variety of available digital assistants. Although they can find nearby restaurants and make a booking through OpenTable, they do not yet know her well enough or have the judgment to tell her which is the “best” Italian food. Echo, Amazon’s product, can recite the definition of “personal assistant” without hesitation, but had no idea how to respond when your correspondent asked whether Echo was her personal assistant. …