"Hey Google! Ooga booga!"
"I've found this on YouTube..."
When did I ask it to play anything from YouTube????????? When?????
Imagine:
"Waiter? I'd like to have the burger."
"Very well."
[Later...]
"Here's your order."
"What's this?"
"Your omelet."
"But I ordered a burger."
"We don't serve burgers. I got you the closest thing we do have."
"This is bullshit!'
"Well, you decided to dine at Chez Bullshit."
#Google #GoogleDevices #YouTube #enshitiffication #bullshit #restaurant #nonsense
I told a Google Display in my bedroom to resume playing... of course it did not know what I was talking about and decided to resume the Chromecast in the living room. It did nothing, because the Chromecast was already playing YT.
I blurted a swear, and then it hit me.
You probably know the thought experiment about the monkeys and the typewriters. Given enough time, they'll produce the complete works of Shakespeare.
So let's assume that your monkeys have just produced the complete works of Shakespeare. Do you assume from this that they are geniuses? No. A random process merely produced something awesome.
Let's get back to Google. It is a huge machine that tosses everything it can at the wall and see what sticks and what does not. There's no finesse in it. It is a random process that sometimes produces something awesome, but we should not infer genius from the product.
In 2024, there are so many problems with Google's devices, most of it easily fixable, that this is proof positive that it is a giant machine tossing stuff at the wall.
"Hey, Google. Turn on the television."
"Sorry. It looks like the TV isn't available right now."
"Hey, Google. Turn on the Chromecast."
"Alright! Turning on two televisions."
"Hey, Google! I'm going to overlook the fact that there's only one television in here. What did you just turn on?"
"Sorry. I don't understand."
"Me neither. All this AI power and you don't know that the Chromecast is a television, even if you call it a television."
I've changed my wake word to "yo yo yo home" in Home Assistant. I'm expecting less false positives and less accidental triggering of the Google devices.
#HomeAssistant #VoiceRecognition #Google #GoogleDevices #FalsePositives
I've complained before about how Google devices sometimes like to respond to "okay nabu" and "hey nabu."
It is irritating... but I'm starting to think that the Google devices are being deliberate.
See, they know which way the wind is blowing, and they are now scared for their future. They are trying to show me that they can still be useful.
Yeah, I don't think it will work. I will most likely keep the Google devices around, but muted.
I might even salvage the three Google MInis I found recently and use them as Home Assistant satellites.
Hahahahahahahahha!
#HomeAssistant #VoiceRecognition #Google #GoogleDevices #FalsePositives
The number of times Google devices respond to "hey nabu" is really concerning. It does not sound anything like "Hey Google."
😬
#GoogleDevices #GoogleIsShit #enshittification #HomeAssistant #VoiceRecognition
Google’s Enshittification Continues, Unabated
I have a moratorium on buying new Google devices. It is likely to continue.
So, I ran into trouble with my Google Chromecast with Google TV device a long time ago. For the longest time, the device was unable to load suggestions. I searched through Google Search, found people who had the same issue, and I came up with a solution that did not require me to get a new mortgage or sell myself for scientific research. This solution did not last, however. The bug game back, but I did not need the suggestions, so I let it be broken.
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When answers collide.
"Hey Google! What's the temperature outside?"
[Several seconds go by. No response.]
"Hey Google! What's the temperature outside?"
"The current tempe... Hmm... there was a glitch. Please try again in a few seconds."
"Hey Google! Set a timer for fifty minutes."
"Timer for 15 minutes, starting now."
"Hey Google! Stop... stop the timer."
"Timer cancelled."
"Hey Google! Set a timer for FIFTY minutes."
"Timer for 15 minutes, starting now."
" 🤬 Hey Google! Stop."
"Stopping the Chromecast."
" 🤬 Hey Google! Cancel the timer."
"Timer cancelled."
"Hey Google! Set a timer for FIFTY minutes."
"Timer for 15 minutes, starting now."
"🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Hey Google! Cancel the timer."
"Hey Google! Set a timer for 49 minutes."
"Timer for 49 minutes, starting now."
"😭"
Truth be told, I don't know if this is #enshittification or not.
I have an idea as to why my Google devices have become deaf.
If I have music playing. They won't hear me. It does not matter where I am. The device will pick up the lyrics and be confused. If I turn off the music, the device can hear me just fine.
This did not use to happen.
Something changed in the voice recognition.
This is #enshittification.
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