There used to be second or two between finishing a command and it getting executed. We easily use Alexa 20x a day at my house. Announcements, kitchen timers, lights & music.
I think the voice recognition is async now. It's streaming the data to a model. Before it would wait until the command was finished then send the .wav file off to a model.
That works great if you're in the room, but not so much if you're not home (or aren't even in the same room), or want to control landscape lighting and want it to automatically adapt to the seasons.
1. I have no trouble at all hitting the light switch when I enter a room, and hitting it again when I leave. Even when the power goes out for a few days, I still reflexively hit the switch.
2. I tried landscape lighting once. The local fawna chewed it to bits. I decided I didn't need it.
3. I don't need to control the lights when I'm not home.
4. I have seriously no need to light according to the seasons.
Sure, a more automated system would be great for disabled people. But I'm not disabled, and intend to lift my sorry heiny out of the chair as long as I am able to.
The problem with ChatGPT in a box and similar is that they are not made for live interactions. If you've tried chatGPT or claude on your phone with voice conversations you will see that it takes a while to think.
Humans on the other hand start processing the moment there's a response and will [usually] respond immediately without "thinking", or if they are thinking, they will say as much, but still respond quite quickly.
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