alt Hacker News> voice simply isn't a great way to interact with computers in the general case
You know I have talked to chatGPT for maybe a 100 hours over the past 6 months. It gets my accent, it switches languages, it humors. It understands what I am saying even if it hallucinates once in a while.
If you can have chatGPT level of comprehension, you can do a lot with computers. Maybe not vim level of editing, but every single function in a driving car should be controllable by voice, and so could a lot of phone and computer functions.
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scoot • today at 12:06 AM
Why on earth would you want to accelerate, brake, and steer by voice?
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I think the utility of voice commands is marginal at best in a car. In isolation, voice commands don't make sense if you have passengers. You basically have to tell everyone to shut up to ensure the car understands your commands over any ongoing conversation. And in the context of old fashioned knobs and buttons, voice is seriously a lot of complex engineering to solve problems that have long been non-issues.
Not to mention the likely need for continuous internet connectivity and service upkeep. Car companies aren't exactly known for good software governance.