Technology

Le poste de radio dont parle l'article est vraiment un bon exemple — aujourd'hui, si je veux écouter la radio en faisant la vaisselle, il faut d'abord que je connecte mon téléphone à une enceinte, que j'ouvre mon appli de podcasts, puis que je choisisse entre les dizaines de trucs dont je ne sais même plus pourquoi j'y suis abonné, etc. Alors que

Saying “Alexa, ask AnyList to add spaghetti to my grocery list” is not seamless interaction with an all-knowing assistant; that’s having to learn a computer’s incredibly specific language just to use it properly.

Without question, technology can increase our capabilities. But there is much that technology cannot do: deal with the unpredictable, manage uncertainty, construct a soaring building, perform a lifesaving operation. In many ways, technology has complicated these matters. It has added yet another element of complexity to the systems we depend on and

Our phones are mostly a series of disconnected experiences — Instagram is a universe entirely apart from TikTok and Snapchat and your calendar app and Gmail. That just doesn’t work for Alexa or any other successful assistant. If it knows your to-do list but not your calendar or knows your favorite kind of pizza but not your credit card number, it