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0 pointssoftbuilder11y ago0 comments

>bottlenecked by humans

I saw a profile (probably on HN) about how the Siri technology was developed. This service sounds nearly ideal for Siri. In the short term I'd bet 50% of requests could be handled with total automation. Seeing how they add functionality to the system I'd bet they can get that up into the 70+% range over time. Many things still require a human touch, but you can throttle demand with pricing.

I'd expect it to come from Amazon first though. Seems more up their alley.

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jakobegger11y ago

> 50% of requests could be handled with total automation

Do you actually use Siri yourself? Siri might have seen some improvements lately, but there's no way it could handle stuff like this.

softbuilderOP11y ago

This is a good point. I should clarify, Siri technology could do this. I have tried Siri many times and most of the problems seem to revolve around it understanding what I'm saying. Plus it's almost always easier to just do things myself. The scenario Magic is trying to handle seems actually better tuned to the Siri technology than Siri the product.

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jakobegger11y ago

> 50% of requests could be handled with total automation

Do you actually use Siri yourself? Siri might have seen some improvements lately, but there's no way it could handle stuff like this.

softbuilderOP11y ago

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