Once I was talking on Skype with the Hungarian colleague, and she suddenly gives: “Imagine, in our office Russian journalists in the dining room talking with a fridge and microwave! Why they are turning to cars as to people?” Surprise said the first thing that came to mind: “I don’t know if they switch brains so”.Intrigued by the question, interviewed their friends from Sweden, Germany and Korea. It turned out that this is not a specific feature of Russians. In other countries people are not averse to communicate with technology — whether in jest, whether seriously.This can be explained in different ways. For example, a tribute to traditions. From legends and myths of yore we know that people turned to the sun, the sky and the earth, worshipping them and asking for help.The heroes of fairy tales and then talking to the stove and the Apple tree (“Geese-swans”), test (“Bun”) or, on the contrary, utensils refers to them (“Moidodyr” Korney Chukovsky). There are similar examples in the literature. Take the poem “Hello, the table…” of Daniil Kharms.”In every man lives the ancient attitude to the world, when it was considered that all the present soul — stone, flower, animal. And accessories we not only odusevljen, but create yourself, of course, be a number of such animate objects,” — says Sergey Moskalev, futurist, developer of program Switcher Caramba.Desire to talk with the technique often arises in modern humans. Someone with childhood remained, the habit of talking aloud to himself or with a toy. And as an adult man, without hesitation, animates household appliances, even the names she gives. So, my friend is drawn to the washing machine with the words: “Lisa, well, get to work!” And the other sits in his car with the words: “Hey, Tishinka! Did you miss me?”Conversations with computer long been no surprise. “For 20 years, as I develop the program auto-switch the keyboard layout first Punto, and in the last two years the Switcher and continuously correspond with users. Many of them admit that talking to the program, swearing at her when she makes a mistake and switches the keyboard layout is wrong,” — said Sergey Moskalev.Is it right to assume that communicating with inanimate objects or gadgets — a symptom of mental illness? Not an idle question, given the growing anxiety of the people during the period of isolation due to a pandemic coronavirus. Psychiatrists say: “If you start talking with the walls, ceiling, chandeliers — this is normal. To consult a doctor should be when they say to you”.According to the candidate of psychological Sciences Svetlana Konovalenko, talking to objects is a sign of lack of communication. Well, this is quite natural in the era of high speeds and familiarity with th��of ovaca to work.”Remove the anxiety and loneliness a dialogue with the gadget is not the best method of psychological relief. We must remember that a computer or a smartphone is just a tool to improve communication between people and in itself cannot replace the warmth,” — said Konstantin Bakulev, Deputy head of the Department of engineering Cybernetics nust “MISIS”.On the other hand, the gadgets have become so “smart” that how they talk?! If the refrigerator is not easy to identify the product and its shelf life, but moved by those whose term expires, closer, if he can even order in online store missing products, why wouldn’t he dictate a list of food stocks that should be in it always?! With the development of artificial intelligence communication with gadgets becomes a necessity. If the first voice assistants was perceived as entertainment, now has become an important option, providing human interaction with smart devices. “The first attempts of transition to the use of speech assistants to manage our environment equipment was undertaken over 20 years ago, but really widespread, they have received recently,” commented Nikita Solodun, expert of Huawei’s smart.Today’s voice assistants Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, Alexa from Amazon Echo or Russian Alice from Yandex already learned a lot thanks to artificial intelligence. For example, at your request, they will remind you about the meeting or about what you would like to buy in the store, set the alarm, report the weather, will find a suitable café, quickly translate a phrase into a foreign language. Created voice assistants specially for people with low vision — they help to use a smartphone and even perform the role of conductors on the street.
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And the same for Alice not only to communicate with you, but “replace” you. It will take your child and include favorite cartoon or song while you cook. Can act as a living companion for a lonely person, however, is a fairly simple dialogue.However, almost all manufacturers of “smart” technology are improving communication skills voice assistants with users. So their ability each year is only increasing.”The main problem for such systems was the difficulty in speech recognition human: similar voices, although there are, but it is rather the exception to the rule, stressed Solodun. — Thanks to the powerful computing systems of production of Huawei this problem UDAelk to work out, because to go to school now voice assistant takes much less time, and the level of word recognition is getting better.”However, among users there are many questions about the confidentiality of their communication with “smart” appliances. Should I worry about that some information from a conversation with the gadget will be used at the expense of your rights? Cause for concern by and large there is no producers guarantee confidentiality in the contract their employees sign nondisclosure documents. If such facts have occurred, they quickly would become public. A breach of its obligations, the company would have paid a huge penalty to the consumer, lost reputation and lost customers.”Despite the incredible rise in popularity of artificial intelligence, he always restricted to those problems which are put before him the intellect of man, — said Konstantin Bakulev. — So, to seize your home, money and spouse cipirani an electric kettle, as not without humor shown in the promotional video of the famous Russian Bank is still very far away”.
