Mylestone is a service that lets people catalogue their thoughts and memories on Amazon’s Alexa
Mylestone is a service that connects the dots with data, effectively building memories from an otherwise drab stack of digital files. Working through the Amazon Alexa platform, Mylestone makes sense of your images. The app builds stories that read like “memories”, mining information from metadata (time, geolocations, etc.) and machine vision from photos.
By saying something along the lines of “Alexa, tell me a story about the Thailand trip I took last year”, Mylestone will be able to craft a story and show you a slideshow of images. So far, reviews have been positive, saying the results appeal to human emotions.
Virtual assistants are all the rage lately. After being introduced into modern consciousness by successful services like Siri, they are definitely here to stay. That being said, asking a phone to set an alarm of send a quick SMS is nothing to write home about, however asking it to recall a memory or speak of a person’s true human experience, takes AI to a whole new level.
Although it may not be as practically useful as the other tasks Alexa can execute, it certainly offers a sneak peak into a different kind of future where VAs are more personal. In this world, VAs have access to our most intimate moments, can connect events and experiences together, and even make their own conclusions.
To show off what the app can do, the Mylestone website can now scan five uploaded photos and build a story out of them. However, that is just the tip of the iceberg. Facebook posts, Tweets and other online accounts may also be integrated into the app to build even clearer memories.
