Cars hear you, but when will they get you? Voice-recognition tech moves toward artificial intelligence and natural language

摘要

Almost all vehicles sold in America today are programmed to respond to a driver's voice commands. But still on the frontiers of automotive research are vehicles that can determine what a driver really wants - and respond intelligently. Getting to that point is a profound engineering challenge that is leading researchers beyond voice recognition and into the realm of artificial intelligence. It will require auto companies, suppliers and their technology partners to delve into the building blocks of language and to teach computers to understand humans as well as humans understand one another.