Manasseh Owusu

I think the general trend in the world is moving away from paper money. When a major economic country like China moves to make the majority of its currency digital, it would make sense for other countries to do so as well. I agree that the 2020 Olympics can be way more beneficial to the country if they start allowing QR payments because there will be a ton of Chinese tourists who can now pay for things easily.

This is great for Norway and an even greater initiative that may motivate the rest of the world to switch over to electric more rapidly. My only issue to fully electric car is that the recharge process is still inconveniently too long compared to stopping at a gas station. I believe our current battery technology have not advanced to the point where we are motivated enough to swap over to electronic. Until then, I think many industries could benefit from hybrid cars.

Wow! I loved watching this video! I have never heard of Google Duplex before, but that video was really amazing. When I read the title of this, I assumed it was going to be similar to Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa. The Google Duplex differs from Siri or Alexa because it is much closer to a real personal assistant since it can make actual phone calls on someone’s behalf. Even when the call doesn’t go as expected, such as in the second demonstration, Google Duplex was able to handle the unexpected responses and maintain a graceful manner. People would rather talk to a real human than a robot, so it is great that the way the Google Duplex speaks sounds like a real human. The person on the other end of the line will not even feel like they are talking to a robot! Google is doing something revolutionary here with this AI.

As much as I like Duplex and the intentions, I think it would be better if there was an on screen service like an online booking system. I tested the duplex feature on my google pixel, it works quite well, i get a few spam calls which i just let the duplex system reply on its own, you can also select what the system will say to the caller as well. I’d love this feature for those calls /places that routinely put me on hold or for when I’m working and I’m too busy to make the call myself.