Myra
AI
personal assistant chatbot
SHOW HN2015
137points
88comments
#156of 2,565 in 2015
Top 7%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
9 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 4 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fast responses and natural conversation
From 1 comment
Very cool! I've been wondering why more messaging based assistants based in AI aren't emerging versus human-aided (Magic, Operator, etc.). (I was excited about carla.io but…
fjaved on HN
Narrow focused use case is a sensible way to scale
From 2 comments
Nice app !! This looks promising as people were raising concerns how much the magics or operators of the world can scale relying on humans to answer your queries. I'm interested…
mongodude on HNVery cool! I've been wondering why more messaging based assistants based in AI aren't emerging versus human-aided (Magic, Operator, etc.). (I was excited about carla.io but…
fjaved on HN
Objections
Limited to San Francisco
From 2 comments
Why is it limited to San Fran right now?
dumbfounder on HNI think the problem with text based apps are that they cannot access our location constantly and I as a user has to take an extra step to inform the AI about my location…
machbio on HN
Signup flow is confusing and loops
From 2 comments
Looks like this has some bugs. It is trapped in a loop. It asks me for my email address. When I send it it asks me again: “Hello, myaddress@gmail.com. Almost done. Please enter…
asimjalis on HNAlright so the first hiccup I rant into was when you sent me a postscript telling me that using WhatsApp or Facebook messenger is a better experience. Well, I wanted better so I…
kevin on HN
Natural language misses some phrasings
From 2 comments
I think the problem with text based apps are that they cannot access our location constantly and I as a user has to take an extra step to inform the AI about my location…
machbio on HNVery cool! I've been wondering why more messaging based assistants based in AI aren't emerging versus human-aided (Magic, Operator, etc.). (I was excited about carla.io but…
fjaved on HN
Requests
Expand to more cities
From 3 comments
Would love to play with it in Toronto - hope it gets here soon!
mluskind on HNThe rise of SMS based apps is very real. This one looks cool though. Would love to try it when/if it rolls out to Los Angeles.
milkmanjr on HNWhy is it limited to San Fran right now?
dumbfounder on HN
Share location support
From 1 comment
I think the problem with text based apps are that they cannot access our location constantly and I as a user has to take an extra step to inform the AI about my location…
machbio on HN
Questions
Why is it limited to San Francisco
From 1 comment
Why is it limited to San Fran right now?
dumbfounder on HN
Which NLP models and tools are used
From 2 comments
Nice app !! This looks promising as people were raising concerns how much the magics or operators of the world can scale relying on humans to answer your queries. I'm interested…
mongodude on HNMind if I ask how you go about the natural language processsing? Is it using something such as Wit.ai?
xtagon on HN
Alternatives named
Siri
From 1 comment
Thank you for trying it out! Let me try to answer your queries. No pun intended of course. - Siri doesn't maintain conversational context. If you wanted to find a sushi place in…
viksit on HN
Magic and Operator
From 1 comment
Very cool! I've been wondering why more messaging based assistants based in AI aren't emerging versus human-aided (Magic, Operator, etc.). (I was excited about carla.io but…
fjaved on HN
I Want Sandy
From 1 comment
Does anybody remember I Want Sandy? That was the first product of this type that really worked well for me.
criddell on HN
Wit.ai
From 1 comment
Mind if I ask how you go about the natural language processsing? Is it using something such as Wit.ai?
xtagon on HN