Vala isikhangiso

"Ngingumsizi womuntu ozithobile." Omunye wemisho yokuqala eyashiwo umsizi wezwi uSiri ngo-Okthoba 2011 ehholo lakwa-Apple elibizwa ngokuthi i-Town Hall. I-Siri yethulwa nge-iPhone 4S futhi kwakuyinto enkulu ekuqaleni. USiri wayenobuntu kwasekuqaleni futhi wayekhuluma njengomuntu wangempela. Ungase wenze amahlaya naye, uxoxe naye, noma umsebenzise njengomsizi womuntu siqu ukuhlela imihlangano noma ubeke itafula endaweni yokudlela. Phakathi neminyaka emihlanu edlule, nokho, umncintiswano awuzange ulale futhi kwezinye izimo uze wadlula ngokuphelele umsizi we-Apple.

Uhambo olungena emlandweni

Kuze kube ngu-2010, i-Siri yayiwuhlelo lokusebenza lwe-iPhone oluzimele olunobuchopho nombono womuntu siqu. I-Siri isuka kuphrojekthi ka-2003 eholwa yi-SRI (i-Stanford Research Institute) ukwakha isofthiwe yokusiza izikhulu zezempi nge-ajenda yazo. Omunye wonjiniyela abahamba phambili, u-Adam Cheyer, wabona amandla alobu buchwepheshe ukufinyelela iqembu elikhulu labantu, ikakhulukazi uma lihlangene nama-smartphone. Ngaleso sizathu, wangena ebudlelwaneni no-Dag Kittlaus, owayengumphathi wakwa-Motorola, owathatha isikhundla sokuba isikhulu sokuxhumanisa ibhizinisi kwa-SRI.

Umqondo wobuhlakani bokwenziwa waguqulwa waba yisiqalo. Ekuqaleni kuka-2008, bakwazile ukuthola imali eyizigidi ezingu-8,5 zamaRandi futhi bakwazi ukwakha uhlelo oluphelele oluqonda ngokushesha inhloso yombuzo noma isicelo futhi baphendule ngesenzo esingokwemvelo kakhulu. Igama elithi Siri likhethwe ngokusekelwe evotini langaphakathi. Leli gama linezingqimba eziningana zencazelo. NgesiNorwegian kwakuwukuthi "owesifazane omuhle ozokuholela ekunqobeni", ngesiSwahili kwakusho "imfihlo". USiri naye wayengu-Iris emuva kanti u-Iris kwakuyigama likaSiri owandulelayo.

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Izimpendulo ezibhaliwe kuphela

Ngaphambi kokuthi lokhu kuqalisa kutholwe yi-Apple ngentengo ecishe ibe yizigidi ezingama-200, uSiri wayengakwazi ukukhuluma nhlobo. Abasebenzisi bangabuza imibuzo ngezwi noma ngombhalo, kodwa uSiri wayephendula ngendlela ebhaliwe kuphela. Onjiniyela bacabange ukuthi imininingwane izoba sesikrinini futhi abantu bazokwazi ukuyifunda ngaphambi kokuthi uSiri akhulume.

Kodwa-ke, ngokushesha nje lapho uSiri efika ezindaweni zokucwaninga ze-Apple, kwanezelwa ezinye izinto ezimbalwa, ngokwesibonelo, ikhono lokukhuluma ngezilimi eziningi, nakuba ngeshwa engakwazi ukukhuluma isiCzech ngisho nangemva kweminyaka emihlanu. I-Apple iphinde yahlanganisa ngokushesha uSiri okuningi kulo lonke uhlelo, lapho umsizi wezwi engasanqunywa ohlelweni olulodwa, kodwa waba yingxenye ye-iOS. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Apple yashintsha ukusebenza kwayo - kwakungasenakwenzeka ukubuza imibuzo ngokubhala, kuyilapho uSiri ngokwakhe ekwazi ukuphendula ngezwi ngaphezu kwezimpendulo zombhalo.

Umsebenzi

Ukwethulwa kweSiri kwavusa isiphithiphithi, kodwa kwalandela ukudumazeka okuningana. USiri wayenezinkinga ezinkulu zokubona amazwi. Izikhungo zedatha ezilayishwe ngokweqile nazo beziyinkinga. Lapho umsebenzisi ekhuluma, umbuzo wabo wathunyelwa ezikhungweni zedatha ezinkulu ze-Apple, lapho wacutshungulwa khona, futhi impendulo yabuyiselwa emuva, ngemva kwalokho uSiri wayikhuluma. Ngakho-ke umsizi obonakalayo wafunda kakhulu ekuhambeni, futhi amaseva e-Apple kwadingeka acubungule inani elikhulu ledatha. Umphumela waba ukucisha okuvamile, futhi esimweni esibi kakhulu, ngisho nezimpendulo ezingasho lutho nezingalungile.

Ngokushesha uSiri waba isisulu sosomahlaya abahlukahlukene, futhi u-Apple kwadingeka enze umzamo omkhulu ukuze ahlehlise lezi zihibe ekuqaleni. Ngokuqondakalayo, abasebenzisi abaphoxekile ngokuyinhloko kwakuyinkampani yaseCalifornian engakwazi ukuqinisekisa ukusebenza okungenasici kwento entsha esanda kwethulwa, ebiyikhathalela kakhulu. Kungakho amakhulu abantu asebenza ku-Siri eCupertino, cishe ngokuqhubekayo amahora angamashumi amabili nane ngosuku. Amaseva aqinisiwe, iziphazamisi zalungiswa.

Kodwa naphezu kwazo zonke izinhlungu zokubeletha, kwakubalulekile ku-Apple ukuthi ekugcineni ivuse i-Siri, inikeze isiqalo esiqinile emncintiswaneni owawusuzongena kulawa manzi.

Ubukhulu be-Google

Njengamanje, i-Apple ibonakala sengathi igibele isitimela se-AI noma ifihla wonke amakhadi ayo. Uma ubheka umncintiswano, kuyacaca ukuthi abashayeli abakhulu kulo mkhakha okwamanje ikakhulukazi izinkampani ezifana ne-Google, i-Amazon noma i-Microsoft. Ngokusho kweseva I-CB Insights kule minyaka emihlanu edlule, zingaphezu kwamashumi amathathu amabhizinisi aqalwayo anikezelwe kwezobuhlakani bokwenziwa athathwe inkampani eyodwa kulezi ezibalwe ngenhla. Iningi lazo lithengwe yi-Google, esanda kwengeza izinkampani ezincane eziyisishiyagalolunye ezikhethekile kwiphothifoliyo yayo.

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Ngokungafani ne-Apple nabanye, i-AI ye-Google ayinalo igama, kodwa ibizwa ngokuthi uMsizi we-Google. Iwumsizi ohlakaniphile okwamanje otholakala kuphela kumadivayisi eselula emafonini akamuva e-Pixel. Iphinde itholakale enguqulweni entsha kunguqulo ehlutshiwe isicelo sokuxhumana Allo, i-Google ezama ukuhlasela i-iMessage eyimpumelelo.

Umsizi isigaba esilandelayo sokuthuthukisa se-Google Now, ebesiyisilekeleli sezwi esitholakala ku-Android kuze kube manje. Kodwa-ke, uma kuqhathaniswa Nomsizi omusha, akakwazanga ukuqhuba ingxoxo yabantu ababili. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngenxa yalokhu, ufunde i-Google Now ngesi-Czech emasontweni ambalwa edlule. Kwabasizi abathuthuke kakhulu, besebenzisa ama-algorithms ahlukahlukene ayinkimbinkimbi wokucubungula izwi, cishe ngeke sikubone lokhu esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, nakuba kunokuqagela okuqhubekayo mayelana nezilimi ezengeziwe ze-Siri.

Ngokusho kwe-CEO yakwaGoogle uSundar Photosi, iminyaka eyishumi edlule ibone inkathi yamaselula angcono nangcono. "Ngokuphambene nalokho, iminyaka eyishumi ezayo izoba ngabasizi bomuntu siqu kanye nobuhlakani bokufakelwa," u-Photosi uyaqiniseka. Umsizi ovela ku-Google uxhumeke kuzo zonke izinsiza ezinikezwa yinkampani evela e-Mountain View, ngakho-ke ikunikeza konke ongayilindela kumsizi ohlakaniphile namuhla. Izokutshela ukuthi usuku lwakho luyoba njani, lokho okulindelwe, ukuthi isimo sezulu sizoba njani nokuthi kuzokuthatha isikhathi esingakanani ukufika emsebenzini. Ekuseni, isibonelo, uzokunikeza umbono wezindaba zakamuva.

Umsizi we-Google angakwazi nokubona futhi aseshe kuzo zonke izithombe zakho, futhi kunjalo uhlala efunda futhi ethuthuka ngokusekelwe ekutheni uyinika kangaki nokuthi yimiphi imiyalo. NgoDisemba, i-Google ihlela futhi ukuvula inkundla yonke kubantu besithathu, okufanele baqhubeke nokwandisa ukusetshenziswa komsizi.

I-Google isanda kuthenga i-DeepMind, inkampani yenethiwekhi ye-neural engakhiqiza inkulumo yomuntu. Umphumela uba inkulumo engokoqobo efinyelela kumaphesenti angama-50 eseduze nokwethulwa komuntu. Yiqiniso, singaphikisa ukuthi izwi likaSiri alibi nhlobo, kodwa noma kunjalo, lizwakala liyi-artificial, elijwayelekile lamarobhothi.

Ikhaya likaSomlomo

Inkampani evela eMountain View futhi inesipikha esihlakaniphile Sasekhaya, esiphinde sibe nomsizi we-Google oshiwo ngenhla. I-Google Home iyisilinda esincane esinomkhawulo ongaphezulu ogobile, lapho idivayisi ikhombisa khona isimo sokuxhumana ngombala. Isipikha esikhulu namakrofoni kufihlwe engxenyeni engezansi, ngenxa yokuthi ukuxhumana nawe kungenzeka. Okufanele ukwenze ukushayela i-Google Home, engabekwa noma yikuphi ekamelweni (qala Umsizi ngomlayezo othi "Ok, Google") bese ufaka imiyalo.

Ungakwazi ukubuza isipikha esihlakaniphile izinto ezifanayo nasocingweni, ingadlala umculo, ithole isibikezelo sezulu, izimo zethrafikhi, ilawule ikhaya lakho elihlakaniphile nokunye okuningi. Umsizi Ekhaya le-Google naye, kunjalo, ufunda njalo, uzivumelanisa nawe futhi uxhumana nomfowabo nge-Pixel (kamuva futhi kwamanye amafoni). Uma uxhuma Ikhaya ku-Chromecast, uphinde uyixhume esikhungweni sakho semidiya.

I-Google Home, eyethulwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, akuyona into entsha, nokho. Ngalokhu, i-Google iphendula ngokuyinhloko kumncintiswano we-Amazon, obengowokuqala ukuqhamuka nesipikha esihlakaniphile esifanayo. Kusobala kakhulu ukuthi abadlali abakhulu bezobuchwepheshe babona amandla amakhulu nekusasa emkhakheni wekhaya elihlakaniphile (hhayi kuphela), elilawulwa ngezwi.

I-Amazon ayiseyona nje indawo yokugcina izinto

I-Amazon ayiseyona nje “indlu yokugcina izinto” yazo zonke izinhlobo zezimpahla. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, bebelokhu bezama nokuzakhela eyabo imikhiqizo. I-smartphone ye-Fire kungenzeka ukuthi ibiyi-flop enkulu, kepha ama-e-readers e-Kindle athengisa kahle, futhi i-Amazon ibilokhu ishaya kakhulu muva nje ngesipika sayo esihlakaniphile se-Echo. Iphinde ibe nomsizi wezwi obizwa nge-Alexa futhi yonke into isebenza ngomgomo ofanayo ne-Google Home. Kodwa-ke, i-Amazon yethule i-Echo yayo ngaphambili.

I-Echo inohlobo lweshubhu emnyama ende, lapho kufihlwe khona izikhulumi ezimbalwa, ezidlala ngokoqobo kuzo zonke izinhlangothi, ngakho ingasetshenziswa kahle nangokudlala umculo. Idivayisi ehlakaniphile ye-Amazon iphinde iphendule emiyalweni yezwi uma uthi "Alexa" futhi ingenza okufanayo nanjengeKhaya. Njengoba i-Echo isinesikhathi eside emakethe, okwamanje ikalwe njengomsizi ongcono, kodwa singalindela ukuthi i-Google izofuna ukubamba umncintiswano ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka.

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Ngokumelene ne-Google, nokho, i-Amazon nayo inesandla esiphezulu ngokuthi yethule imodeli ye-Dot encane nakakhulu ku-Echo, manje esesizukulwaneni sayo sesibili. I-Echo eyehlisiwe nayo eshibhe kakhulu. I-Amazon ilindele ukuthi abasebenzisi bezipikha ezincane bazothenga okwengeziwe ukuze basakaze kwamanye amagumbi. Ngakho-ke, i-Alexa itholakala yonke indawo nanganoma yisiphi isenzo. Ichashazi lingathengwa ngemali encane njenge $49 (1 imiqhele), okuyinto enhle kakhulu. Okwamanje, njenge-Echo, itholakala kuphela ezimakethe ezikhethiwe, kodwa singalindela ukuthi i-Amazon izokwandisa kancane kancane izinsizakalo zayo kwamanye amazwe.

Okuthile okufana ne-Amazon Echo noma i-Google Home okwamanje akukho kumenyu ye-Apple. Kulo nyaka ngoSepthemba wathola ukuqagela, ukuthi umenzi we-iPhone usebenza emncintiswaneni we-Echo, kodwa akukho okwaziwayo ngokusemthethweni. I-Apple TV entsha, efakwe i-Siri, ingashintsha kancane lo msebenzi, futhi ungakwazi, isibonelo, ukuyibeka ukuze ulawule ikhaya lakho elihlakaniphile, kodwa ayilula njenge-Echo noma i-Home. Uma i-Apple ifuna ukujoyina impi yendlu ehlakaniphile (hhayi nje igumbi lokuhlala), izodinga ukuba khona "yonke indawo". Kodwa akakabi nayo indlela.

I-Samsung isizohlasela

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Samsung ayifuni ukusala ngemuva, nayo ihlela ukungena ensimini nabasizi bangempela. Impendulo ku-Siri, i-Alexa noma i-Google Assistant kufanele ibe umsizi wayo wezwi owakhiwe yi-Viv Labs. Yasungulwa ngu-Siri ongunjiniyela oshiwo ngenhla u-Adam Cheyer kanye nobuhlakani bokwenziwa obusanda kuthuthukiswa ngo-Okthoba. ithengisiwe kuphela i-Samsung. Ngokusho kwabaningi, ubuchwepheshe obuvela ku-Viv kufanele buhlakaniphe futhi bukwazi ukwedlula i-Siri, ngakho-ke kuzojabulisa kakhulu ukubona ukuthi inkampani yaseNingizimu Korea izoyisebenzisa kanjani.

Umsizi wezwi kufanele abizwe nge-Bixby, futhi i-Samsung ihlela ukuyihambisa kakade efonini yayo elandelayo ye-Galaxy S8. Kuthiwa ingaba nenkinobho eyisipesheli nje yomsizi obonakalayo. Ngokuzayo, abakwaSamsung futhi bahlela ukuyinweba kumawashi nezinto zikagesi zasekhaya ezithengisayo, ukuze ubukhona bayo ezindlini bukhule kancane kancane. Uma kungenjalo, u-Bixby kulindeleke ukuthi asebenze njengomncintiswano, enze zonke izinhlobo zemisebenzi ngokusekelwe engxoxweni.

U-Cortana uhlala eqapha umsebenzi wakho

Uma sikhuluma ngempi yabasizi bezwi, kufanele sikhulume neMicrosoft. Umsizi wakhe wezwi ubizwa nge-Cortana, futhi ngaphakathi Windows 10 singayithola kokubili kumadivayisi eselula kanye nakuma-PC. U-Cortana unenzuzo kune-Siri ngokuthi okungenani angaphendula ngesi-Czech. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Cortana nayo ivulekele abantu besithathu futhi ixhunywe kulo lonke uhla lwezinsizakalo ezidumile ze-Microsoft. Njengoba u-Cortana ehlala eqapha umsebenzi womsebenzisi, angakwazi ke ukwethula imiphumela engcono kakhulu.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ine-lag cishe yeminyaka emibili ngokumelene ne-Siri, njengoba yeza emakethe kamuva. Ngemuva kokufika kwalo nyaka kwe-Siri ku-Mac, bobabili abasizi kumakhompyutha bahlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezifanayo, futhi ngokuzayo kuzoncika ekutheni zombili izinkampani zibathuthukisa kanjani abasizi bazo ababonakalayo nokuthi zibadedela kude kangakanani.

Apple futhi ukungathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona ngokoqobo

Phakathi kwamajusi ezobuchwepheshe ashiwo, kanye nabanye abambalwa, kubalulekile ukusho enye indawo enentshisekelo, ejwayele kakhulu manje - okungokoqobo okungokoqobo. Imakethe igcwaliswa kancane ngemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene nezingilazi ezilingisa iqiniso langempela, futhi nakuba yonke into isesekuqaleni, izinkampani ezinkulu eziholwa yiMicrosoft noma i-Facebook sezivele zifaka imali eningi eqinisweni langempela.

I-Microsoft inezibuko ezihlakaniphile ze-Hololens, futhi i-Facebook yathenga i-Oculus Rift edumile eminyakeni emibili edlule. I-Google isanda kwethula isixazululo sayo se-Daydream View VR ngemuva kwe-Cardboard elula, futhi u-Sony naye wajoyina impi, ephinde yabonisa i-headset yayo ye-VR nge-console yakamuva ye-PlayStation 4 Pro game. I-Virtual reality ingasetshenziswa ezindaweni eziningi, futhi lapha wonke umuntu usacabanga ukuthi angayibamba kanjani kahle.

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Futhi akukho sibonakaliso se-Apple lapha. Umdondoshiya we-virtual reality waseCalifornia kungenzeka ulele ngokweqile noma uzifihle kahle izinhloso zaso. Lokhu ngeke kube yinto entsha noma emangazayo kuye, noma kunjalo, uma nje enemikhiqizo efanayo ezindaweni zakhe zokucwaninga okwamanje, umbuzo uwukuthi uzofika yini emakethe sekwephuzile. Kungokoqobo okubonakalayo nabasizi bezwi, izimbangi zayo manje batshala imali enkulu futhi baqoqa impendulo ebalulekile kubasebenzisi, onjiniyela nabanye.

Kepha umbuzo usamile ukuthi ngabe i-Apple nayo inentshisekelo eqinisweni elibonakalayo kulesi sigaba sokuqala. Umqondisi ophethe u-Tim Cook useshilo izikhathi eziningana ukuthi manje uthola lokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-augmented reality, esanda kunwetshwa yi-Pokémon GO phenomenon, ethakazelisayo kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, akukacaci nhlobo ukuthi i-Apple kufanele ibandakanyeke kanjani ku-AR (iqiniso elingathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona). Kube nokuqagela ukuthi iqiniso elingathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona lizoba yingxenye ebalulekile yama-iPhones alandelayo, ezinsukwini zamuva nje sekuphinde kwaba nenkulumo yokuthi i-Apple ihlola izibuko ezihlakaniphile ezingasebenza ne-AR noma i-VR.

Kunoma ikuphi, u-Apple uthule ngenkani okwamanje, futhi izitimela eziqhudelanayo kudala zasishiya esiteshini. Okwamanje, i-Amazon ibambe iqhaza elikhulu endimeni yomsizi wasekhaya, i-Google yethula imisebenzi kuyo yonke imikhakha, futhi kuzojabulisa kakhulu ukubona ukuthi iyiphi indlela ethathwa yi-Samsung. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iMicrosoft ikholelwa eqinisweni elingokoqobo, futhi i-Apple kufanele, okungenani ngokwaleli phuzu lokubuka, iphendule ngokushesha kulo lonke uhla lwemikhiqizo engakabi nalo nhlobo. Ukuthuthukisa nje i-Siri, okusadingeka nakanjani, ngeke kwanele eminyakeni ezayo...

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