I almost never want to talk to an AI, because text is better for almost anything. But it's nice to have that "almost" corner case covered, no? Not to mention a

I almost never want to talk to an AI, because text is better for almost anything. But it's nice to have that "almost" corner case covered, no? Not to mention all the current "telephone bots" applications that could benefit from something that has actual reliable STT and can accurately grasp a number you tell it first try, or hear a natural language description of what you want and immediately bypass listing the entire menu of options one by one.