Soon you won't need to open the ChatGPT app to talk to the chatbot on Android, as you'll be able to set it as the default assistant.
  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    11 months ago

    Man this type of shit is why I’m getting rid of google Assistant and going to a FOSS home assistant setup. I don’t want chat gpt. I want to add things to my calendar, my shopping list, turn off lights and open/close blinds. I want to mute speakers at a certain time with a routine that isn’t broken every five minutes. I want timers that work reliably. I want to be able to make an announcement when Amazon is at the door. Why are they making this so difficult?

    • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      “Sources”

      You could ask it to pause your Chromecast and it would tell you all about Einstein’s famous work, The Theory of Google Assistant Protocols.

      • jws_shadotakEnglish
        32·
        11 months ago

        ChatGPT consistently makes up shit. It’s difficult to tell when something is made up because it’s a language model so it is supposed to sound confident as if it’s any person telling a fact that they know.

        It knows how to talk like a subject matter expert because that’s usually what gets publicized most and thus that’s what it’s trained on, but it doesn’t always know the facts necessary to answer questions. It makes shit up to fill the gap and then presents it intelligently, but it’s wrong.

        • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pubEnglish
          11·
          11 months ago

          Regular assistants, websites, stores etc all do this exact same thing already for what it’s worth.

          People do too!

              • RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                0·
                11 months ago

                you intentionally refuse to understand what I am saying, yes I don’t use google, samsung or any other assistants either. People talking about me is not a problem corporations and governments spying on me is.

                • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pubEnglish
                  1·
                  11 months ago

                  I’m sorry excuse me? I’m not intentionally doing anything. Maybe instead of attributing malice, you might opt for ignorance next time. I can only understand what I understand and you can only communicate as effectively as you can. There’s plenty of room for leeway and benefit of doubt here, unless you’d like another hive mind Reddit clone.

                  Realigning with the conversation, I can understand not wanting powerful parties knowing all about you. They’re much more severe (generally) than people can be. But for some, people can be just as damaging if they have it out for you for whatever reason (gender, sexual orientation, race, success, pissed them off and they’re psychotic, etc)

                  My outlook on privacy isn’t to obscure or hide information but to inflate it with noise instead. Finding a back alley doorway to a building is much easier than finding the right hotel room in a complex of hotels.

                  Obviously not everyone subscribes to this tactic but I wanted to share my outlook as well. I was just sharing what I know and have with you. Wasn’t meant to be a heated debate.

  • wazzupdog@lemmy.mlEnglish
    152·
    11 months ago

    How can it replace Google assistant if there is no Google assistant on my phone. (I removed it)

  • atocci@kbin.social
    6·
    11 months ago

    I just want to be able to consistently make searches using what’s on my phone screen. Is that too much to ask? The screen search button disappears every other month and I’m sick of it. I don’t invoke the Assistant for any other reason.

    Update: it’s back again after another month long hiatus! Who knows when it’ll be taken from me next!

  • TheOneCurly@lemmy.theonecurly.pageEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Digital assistants are good for timers, turning on smart lights, and sometimes playing music. None of those things require a large language model to spit random text back at me.

  • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Can’t see it being that useful if it remains restricted to info 2+ years old.

    You wouldn’t be able to ask it the weather or anything of the sort.