AI Voice Assistants. The Innovation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Voice Assistant Technology

The Innovation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Voice Assistant Technology
and its Cognitive Effect to Humans
A Research Paper
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
* Background of the Research
The innovation and creation of artificially intelligent voice assistants is one of the promises of the internet. Generally, the internet wants to make everything easy to humans. Searching through the web is easy but searching through the web using the command of your voice is much easier. Through the years, the innovations on smart gadgets happen instantly. Research says, about 75% of the world’s population uses a smart gadget—smart phone, smart television, smart appliances and many more. Developers and inventors really don’t stop in making these gadgets act as real human. Besides, some of them even talk like humans.
In 2011, Apple introduced a new feature to their iPhone 4s, Siri. Siri has an artificially intelligent voice assistance feature that can perform basic tasks like calling, sending a text message, searching on the internet and many more. Through this innovation, other smart phone manufacturers start in adding this specific feature to their gadgets. Eventually, the tasks that AI Voice Assistance feature were increased. To date, AI Voice Assistance feature can even pay your bills, order you food, book you some hotel rooms and a lot more. Truly, this feature helps smart phone users live in own convenience. It is undeniable that this feature is really beneficial. However, have we ever thought that this feature lessens the motor activities our body still needs to do? During the early age, the first humans used to have fangs to eat. But since they have thought of cooking their food, eventually the fangs evolved to normal teeth. Relating this logic to the innovations brought by the technology. There might be time that some of our physical features might change, unexpectedly.
The advancements that the technology has do not ask anyone to stop using their motor senses. These innovations should only be options not a priority. Everyone should always know how to control things. Unless, we want ourselves change in a form that is not acceptable.
* Significance of the Research
Everyone might be so happy to have innovations that really help in making everything easy. Taking advantage of these innovations is not bad. But learning to control these benefits is not also bad at all.
This paper aims to:
1 Define and present the benefits that Artificially Intelligent Voice Assistant, in general.
2 Present the totality of AI Voice Assistant users in the whole world, including the companies that include this feature to their product.
3 Anticipate the possible future of AI Voice Assistant.
4 Phycological effect of an abusive use of this AI Voice Assistant feature.
* Definition of Terms
* Artificially Intelligent Voice Assistant – a computer software that receives and processes voice requests.
* Great Equalizer – a concept of making two different things equalized.
* Innovation – the process of making a new method, idea, product and many more. It is usually associated to any development that are beneficial to mankind.
* Virtual Assistant – a digital concept. It sometimes a software that does tasks virtually.
* Psychological Effect – a change in your behavior as a result of how things developed around you.
* Statement of the Problem
The research is conducted to answer the following question:
1 What is AI Voice Assistant in a more technical perspective?
2 How did AI Voice Assistants change one person’s way of living?
3 Is AI Voice Assistant really beneficial to humans?
4 What are the possible negative effects does AI Voice Assistant has psychologically?
5 Is AI Voice Assistant possibly compromise a certain person’s growth and development?
CHARTER IIMETHODOLOGY
* Research Design
This research paper follows the process of a qualitative research study. Previous academic and scientific studies are used to answer the question this paper has. Every resources are analyzed carefully to come up with logical findings.
CHAPTER III
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
Every person has their own way of learning new things through the cognitive process of development. In an easier definition, cognitive development is the creation of thought processes in terms of remembering, problem solving, and decision making. It happens within the childhood to the adulthood phase. Psychology believes that some of the learning we have happens through the things we repeatedly experience or see during our childhood days. Research proves that during the childhood phase, our minds are still malleable. Meaning, what we are currently is the outcome of whatever experiences or learning we have as we go through life.
With the advancements of the technology, everything is readily available. With only one type through the internet, all questions can easily be answered. In actuality, with the innovative AI Voice Assistant technology, everyone can easily talk to their device and the device will give respective results. In 2011, since Apple introduced SIRI in the market, other smartphone manufacturers start to incorporate this feature as well on the system of their smartphone. AI Voice Assistant is a software designed to cater basic voice requests from its user. Initially, AI Voice Assistant can only make simple text messages, basic phone calls, simple internet search and many more. Currently, as the technology continue its innovation, AI Voice Assistant can now do complex tasks like booking a hotel room, paying credit card bills, locating for a good restaurant and other things that a digital assistant can do. As the years go by, experts have noticed that there will be a massive increase on the revenue of this technology. Increase of revenue only means that there will be an increase of production or in other terms this kind of technology will boom—economically speaking. Technavio, a market research team, says that by 20119, the voice recognition market will grow up to $601 million industry while Activate estimates that by 2020, 21.4 million smart gadgets will acquire this voice recognition function (Innovative Technology Product or Service Company, 2017).