Not all things get better with time.
It's been an entire year since the world was wowed by Google Duplex, the chatty AI that was supposedly able to make entire calls on your behalf. At this year's I/O developer conference Google CEO Sundar Pichai once again took the stage to deliver some Duplex-related news. The big reveal? It's somehow gotten lamer.
"We are moving beyond voice," Pichai bragged to the crowd — apparently forgetting that the entire raison d'etreof Duplex was that it could make calls on your behalf.
So what, exactly, does the new Duplex do? Well, according to the demo shown on stage at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, it now serves as a fancy online autocomplete for web forms.
Tweet may have been deleted
Say you want to make an online reservation for a car rental. Duplex can now assist in that process by populating the required fields. Notably, it only assists — human sign-off is still required.
It's important to say that this feature could offer real benefits to those who have difficulty typing or interacting with online reservations — however, in general, it's not super clear why an AI filling out a car rental form online that you then later have to double check for accuracy is necessarily a huge improvement over just selecting the compact Kia yourself.
SEE ALSO:We're almost positive this is the restaurant Google Duplex called for a dinner reservationNotably, Pichai didn't linger on Duplex's much hyped conversational capabilities. He did note that the service has been launched in 44 states across the U.S., but was rather vague otherwise.
"We'll have more details to share later this year," he promised the crowd.
We'll be waiting.
TopicsGoogle
(责任编辑：綜合)
Singapore gets world's first driverless taxis
UK mosques open up to visitors for food, tea, and a chance to talk
Google teams up with H&M to make dresses based on your personal data
Voice actor accidentally hints at possible dinosaurNate Parker is finally thinking about the woman who accused him of rapeSamsung Galaxy Note7 teardown reveals the magic behind the phone's iris scanner
Samsung's Galaxy Note7 is touted by many reviewers as one of the best, if not the best, smartphones
...[详细]Prankster sneaks a bunch of incredible fake albums into a record store
Forget Pitbull -- everyone knows the realmusic lovers are blasting Songs To Drive Off A Cliff To: Vo
...[详细]Oil spill off India's southern coast leaves fishermen stranded, marine life impacted
India's southern coast witnessed a massive oil spill on Saturday when two oil tankers collided at En
...[详细]Lady Gaga used hundreds of Intel drones to pull off Super Bowl halftime show
Lady Gaga's Super Bowl LI halftime performance was absolutely flawless, but it was the beginning of
...[详细]Ivanka Trump's unpaid interns share cringeworthy financial advice
Ivanka Trump's interns have some questionable advice for students worried they can't afford an unpai
...[详细]Your dates are definitely judging you for your crappy old phone
We all love our phones. But if you're trying to find an actual person to love, your ancient Android
...[详细]7 things 'Pokémon Go' badly needs in 2017
LONDON -- I feel like I should make one thing clear up front: I love Pokémon Go.SEE ALSO:Char
...[详细]Adele wins Album of the Year, but would prefer it went to Beyonce
Adele swept the Album, Song and Record categories for "Hello" and 25at Sunday night's Grammys.Throug
...[详细]Felix the cat just raised £5000 for charity because she's the hero we all need
LONDON -- Remember Felix, the Huddersfield train station cat who got promoted to Senior Pest Control
...[详细]Don't ever try to use 'Harry Potter' against J.K. Rowling in an argument
LONDON -- As we've learned over the past week, throwing insults at J.K. Rowling on Twitter is a very
...[详细]This 'sh*tpost' bot makes terrible memes so you don't have to
Tracy Morgan delivers Destiny’s Child burn from Beyoncé’s womb on 'SNL'
