How AI Assistants Will Impact Businesses And Consumers

In 1896 automobiles or “motorcars”, looked funny and blacksmiths were not expecting that in a few years time, they would, for the most part, be out of a job, replaced by car workshops. If at that time everyone had a horse, now everyone has a car, and it is rare to know someone who actually owns a horse. At that time, some early adopters “simply gave up and used a horse” (Ridiculous U.K. Traffic Laws of Yore).

Many people have now tried AI assistants, some use it regularly, but many just gave up. Siri did not live to our expectations, and now we have Alexa or Google assistant that are slightly better, but we are still really far from a Jarvis like assistant even if every geek still dreams of it.

As once automobiles were, AI assistants are in their infancy, but things are changing quickly and it will be way quicker than what has happened with cars. First of all, AI assistants do not need a Henri Ford, as we do not have mass production issues, everybody already has a phone, the assistant is just a software update away. And people will have it everywhere, it will be integrated in their house, in their cars, in their headphones, actually not, it is already there. It is just not that common place yet.

What will happen? Assistants will be ubiquitous because they will be helpful and they will help us save…