Speech Recognition: Another Work in Progress
October 25, 2017
Smart software has arrived, or has it? I read “Speech Recognition Is Not Solved.” The hypesters pitching software that teaches itself and other artificial intelligence innovations have created a perception that slam dunks for smart software are more common than in an NBA All Star game.
I noted this statement in the article about machine learning:
Saying we’ve achieved human-level in conversational speech recognition based just on Switchboard results is like saying an autonomous car drives as well as a human after testing it in one town on a sunny day without traffic.
For a summary of a few of the hurdles which trip the bro smart software athletes, check out the original article. Two warrant special attention:
Semantics
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My hunch is that these will remain a challenge for many firms or until the marketers change their buzzwords.
Stephen E Arnold, October 25, 2017
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