Google's commitment to Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the newest and most coveted feature that a high-end smartphone can incorporate. Apple first incorporated the virtual assistant in 2011 with iOS 5 and other brands have caught up with artificial intelligence. With Google Now it is easier to talk with an Android phone, for example.
Samsung has Bixby, Amazon has Alexa, Facebook has M and Microsoft has an almost disappeared Cortana, and the world has been surprised by the Sophia robot, because now Google evolves into Google Now, and presents Google's Assistant. Presented at I/O 2016, within the Allo and Duo applications, Google has opted to generate two-way communication between you and your Android, be it Smartphone, Smartwatch or Google Home. In the first instance, the concept was presented speaking English and serving the United States, but it is during the last quarter of 2017 that Google Assistant is available in Spanish, and best of all with various regional accents.
Ok Google, set an alarm for tomorrow at 6:00 am; Hey Google, take a selfie of me; Ok Google, send a Whatsapp, Ok Google, sing me a song, or I want to play the classic viborita are just some of the commands that are available on your smartphone if you are using at least Android 6.0.
Good move Google, let's just hope this doesn't end up like Google+
But… What is artificial intelligence good for? Why would I want to chat with my smartphone? If he knows everything about me, will he want to finish me off? All these questions face answers that are still completely unknown, because we are just experiencing the benefits of this type of development, however, it can have great scope. Having an assistant who learns our habits and customs, and who, apart from everything, answers us a very varied number of questions and arguments sounds pretty good, but I think I already saw these scenes in a movie with Joaquín Phoenix as the protagonist and Scarlett Johansson lending his voice.
Undoubtedly, the best time to use this feature of our Smartphone is when driving since we control everything through our voice, if it is a step forward to reduce accidents, on the contrary, I think it is a step forward more to make our lives easier and stop using our brain and to get even more information from us.
