When I first turned on voice mode in ChatGPT, I wasn’t expecting it to feel all that different from shouting “what’s the weather” into a plastic cylinder. I’ve used Alexa.
I’ve used Google Assistant. I’ve asked them to set timers, read headlines, play jazz, and occasionally settle disputes about whether guacamole counts as a side or a dip. They’ve always been useful in the same way a vending machine is useful. You ask for a thing, and it responds.
