But then I started using an app that employed machine learning to convert recorded speech into text. [ Meta wants to use your Facebook and Instagram data to train AI. But this most recent leap in transcription software seemed to me to present a strong case for the technology’s potential. As a speech-to-text transcription tool, it does a modest and narrowly delineated thing extremely well. But as for “intelligence” – well, it’s very much still drinking piss and eating glue.

Source: The Irish Times June 08, 2024 22:37 UTC