Ask HN: Will AI assistants become photorealistic video?

3•general_reveal•6h ago

I notice ChatGPT goes straight to voice now. How far away do you guys think we are from generally available video assistant?

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al_borland•5h ago

I assume it’s only a matter of time before we see something like the Knowledge Navigator that Apple envisioned back in 1987.

https://youtu.be/umJsITGzXd0

haowen123•3h ago

Interesting idea. I’d be curious to see a few real examples and how well it handles edge cases. A short demo would make it easier to understand the value.

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