Talk to Me
Amazon, Google, Apple and the Race for Voice-Controlled AI
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2020
Summary
The gripping inside story of the race to build conversationally capable computers.
The next great technological disruption is coming. The titans of Silicon Valley are racing to build the last, best computer that the world will ever need. Whoever successfully creates it will revolutionise our relationship with technology - and make billions of dollars in the process. It is known as conversational AI.
For years, computers that can speak and think like humans have been on the ver…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847942647 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1847942644 |
| Author: | James Vlahos |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Random House Business Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Brilliant and essential … You’ll find insights and meaning on every page, and you’ll keep turning them. This book is dynamite.
Brilliant and essential … You’ll find insights and meaning on every page, and you’ll keep turning them. This book is dynamite. – NICHOLAS THOMPSON, editor-in-chief of Wired
Conversational AI is a genuine paradigm shift in our experience with technology. Vlahos brings the whole story to life … A thoughtful and enjoyable read. – TOM GRUBER, co-creator of Siri
The baton of disruption has been passed from the smart phone to voice, and Vlahos helps make sense of this tectonic shift. – SCOTT GALLOWAY, author of The Four
Voice computing is revolutionising the way we interact with our devices. Talk to Me offers a road map showing how we got to this point and the opportunities and risks that lie ahead. – MARTIN FORD, author of The Rise of the Robots
James Vlahos has written an excellent book on how voice computing has become more and more of a growing presence in our everyday world. – RAY KURZWEIL, author of The Singularity Is Near
A thought-provoking debut … Evincing a talent for making the technical both easily understandable and intriguing, [Vlahos] explains how developers today are trying to further improve the user experience through machine learning … Readers will finish this timely book with a newfound appreciation for, and perhaps some apprehension toward, their favorite voice bot and the technological marvel it represents. * Publishers Weekly *
A deep history … well researched and reported, written by someone with a deep understanding of the tech itself. * New York Times *
Talk to Me explains a paradigm shift in the way we consume information … Artfully mixes the recounting of what key technologies do with an account of the history of how they came to be … I hope our folks at the defence and IT ministries are paying attention to this book. * Business Standard *
A good starting point for exploring how voice computing could disrupt your business … Talk to Me does a terrific job of explaining why voice computing is such a fascinating and promising technology. * strategy+business *
About The Author
James Vlahos
James Vlahos is a contributor to the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Popular Science, Scientific American, The Atlantic, GQ, and National Geographic. He lives in El Cerrito, California.
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