Well, you know I kinda meant I as in the singular me, didn't see the point of voice control, obviously there are wider benefits. We do have to balance those against the inevitable downfall of mankind. Though I suspect any AI that can automatically mute Donald Trump is welcome to be my machine overlord.
Actually, shouting 'MUTE' might be one of those use cases. And not just in the house. Nutter on the train. MUTE! Teenagers bereft of headphones listening to grime or drill or some shit on their tinny mobile phones...
I am impressed by tech that just works. When my phone, deeply ensconced in my bag in the porch where I've forgotten it, rings I can just answer it on my computer. And yes, despite my fear of talking to computers, it's quite nice to just tell Siri to answer it. Now if she'd deal with the phone call and attend all my meetings we'd really be getting somewhere. But I'll take what I can get.
The dictation feature on a Mac is very, very good. That said, I by far prefer to type and nudge the mouse around. If Amazon want to listen to me they're going to have to put up with me belting out Total Eclipse of the Heart with chilling regularity.
In other news, blimey some hifi bits are expensive. You can tell the market is middle-aged men with too much to spend. Hey wait, hold on...