Submitted by AdditionalPizza t3_yrno50 in singularity
The application seems obvious, though there are a few minor hurdles to overcome (like truthfulness, etc). But how much of an impact do you think mainstream virtual assistants adopting a Large Language Model will have?
Currently they're mostly only useful for handsfree internet searches that return easy to digest information, basic home automation tasks, and some minor entertainment value. If they deploy a state of the art LLM, suddenly we have a virtual friend to help us with currently almost unimaginable tasks. What do you envision their capabilities will consist of and be limited to? Do you think it will simply be a novelty at first and settle into society as just another tech thing that doesn't really have a huge effect on the average person's life - similar to the initial release of these assistance a decade ago?
Additionally, I predict this will be within the next year which may catch a lot of people off guard. Will this reach further than text-to-image with regards of captivating the general public? Will it be the first of many very real wake up calls for a lot of people that aren't interested in following AI?
We might have an actual assistant in our pockets, on our kitchen counters, and built into our televisions. An assistant that actually deserves the namesake. Help kids with homework as a personal tutor, give unique recipe ideas tailored to your palette and dietary needs, motivate you and help ease stress in your life, be an always present friend just a call away. We could potentially see applications that can analyze a photo or real time video to help you tackle a DIY project at home, pick an outfit at the mall, train you on proper form when exercising. Upcoming AI will finally bring life to the Internet of Things.
Side note - Imagine Samsung does it first and Bixby takes the lead. Nobody would see that coming.
phriot t1_ivus4ap wrote
I don't think 2023 is going to be the year of "A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" from Diamond Age. If the vision is to use current models hooked into the more commonplace virtual assistants, wouldn't this exist already, just in a less popular form?
When it does happen, yes it will be revolutionary. It will probably be the year every school "flips the classroom,' to have a lot of learning take place at home, and have school be for socialization and assessment. It will be great to have queries beyond "What's the weather tomorrow?" or "Please turn off the lights." actually work, and be quicker than just picking up a device on your own. It will also be amazing to have capable first line help for basically any issue: mental health, physical health, home repair, etc. Even these kinds of assistants should reduce stress, and increase productivity for just about everyone.