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# A.I. is Usually Like Talking to a 3 Year Old
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/ai-is-usually-like-talking-to-a-3-year-old/
- Published: 2018-01-30T23:16:07.000Z
- Updated: 2018-01-30T23:16:07.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Every app gives me recommendations, but none of them are any good](https://www.androidcentral.com/everything-recommends-me-things-and-are-somehow-all-awful-it?ref=birchtree.me):

> It's a cool idea for a future, but right now none of my apps are anywhere close to delivering on that promise. And if I'm being honest, this horrible in-between stage is making my phone a lot less fun. 

In 2018, A.I. is good at a lot of things, but it appears to be atrocious at guessing what we want to do next. The “watch now” screen on Hulu TV is the last place I go to find something to watch, Google Assistant’s suggestions for searches or text message replied are hilariously bad, music apps just get me things I want to listen to by giving me like 20 options and usually 1 or 2 of them are on point.

It’s like most A.I. interfaces are 3 year old kids most of the time. You’re looking for dinner and they hand you a toy truck. Ok, sometimes I want to play with you and the truck, but not now. Or you ask them what their favorite color is and they say bananas.

We’re in a awkward years of A.I. tech and it’s both magical and maddening. The majority of the time, a computer has no idea what my next move is, and when it tries to guess it has a pitifully low success rate. But sometimes it nails it and you really feel like you’re living in the future you always dreamed of as a kid. We’re getting there, and we have to go through this phase, but man oh man is it awkward today.