This blog post is inspired by my review and experience with Amazon Echo device.

I will be presenting some other AI based personal assistants.

Personal Robot

SHE’S THE WHOLE PACKAGE: a personal assistant, photographer, storyteller, telepresence device & the smartest home automation system.

Check it out from here.

Homer

Intelligent self learning home automation and security device, and a smart personal assistant.

Check it out here.

Jibo

Jibo is a family personal assistant. It will be released in 2015 according to its makers website. Jibo has also been reviewed in this Mashable article.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1Q8oFpX1Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kt9XgApKMI

Project Jarvis / other

So what is Jarvis?

Jarvis is the name of Iron Man’s computer system which manages his home.

There are various open source project aiming at creating a personal AI assistant:

• Jarvis AI Project – https://www.youtube.com/user/MichaelCanWin?feature=watch
• Project Jarvis AI home – http://hackaday.io/project/1214-project-jarvis-ai-home-automation-assistant
• Jasper – Jasper is an open source platform for developing always-on, voice-controlled applications
• x.ai – a personal assistant who schedules meetings for you

Siri

According to Wikipedia:

Siri is an intelligence personal assistant and knowledge navigator which works as an application for Apple Inc.’s iOS. The application uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of Web services. Apple claims that the software adapts to the user’s individual preferences over time and personalizes results.

Cortana

Cortana is the personal assistant on Windows Phone 8.1.

Google Now

Google Now / Google Home is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Google.

 

Cubic

Cubic is yet another personal AI with personality! Check it out here.

Amazon Echo

I previously reviewed this product in detail. Please read this blog post.

Conclusion

The future is bright. I would love to live in a world augmented by lots of automation, robots and AI.

Please leave your comments below or if you want me to list another personal assistant AI worth mentioning.