Re: Updated README.md for the smart voice agent Workshop

On Fri, 23 May 2025 23:03:59 +0900,
Dirk Schnelle-Walka wrote:
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> Thank you Kazuyuki,
> 
> regarding
> 
>  Connected cars => Voice agents in connected cars
> 
> Do we want to have it back? We may also edit the index.html.

Ah, sorry. My point was rather:
* As mentioned during the CG call on April 23, got a comment from the
  Strategy Team to remove the term of "Connected cars".
* So I had changed "Connected cars" to "Smart cars".
* Also I merged the line of "Voice agents in Smart cars" with
  the line of "Smart homes, smart factories, and smart cities".
(within the index.html).

> There is also a bit of whitespace after
> 
> > Lack of accountability: Identifying the root cause of errors in an LLM¢s
> predictions can be challenging.

I think the width of the line is specifid by CSS, so we can make the
whitespace line narrower if we want.

> We may want to adapt the HTML and correct the list item tags.

Yes, let's talk about the HTML style as well :)

> Additionally, we need to continue our discussion regarding
> > The workshop is free, although you will need to email a brief proposal. Please
> see the @@@information for speakers@@@ for detail.

Right.

Thanks,

Kazuyuki


> Dirk
> 
> On 23/05/2025 08:54, Kazuyuki Ashimura wrote:
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>  Hi Dirk,
> 
> Thanks a lot for your edit!
> 
> Based on your changes to README.md at:
>   https://github.com/w3c/smartagents-workshop/blob/main/README.md
> 
> I created the following two PRs:
> * https://github.com/w3c/smartagents-workshop/pull/1
> * https://github.com/w3c/smartagents-workshop/pull/2
> (then merged them :)
> 
> and have updated the index.html at:
>   https://w3c.github.io/smartagents-workshop/
> 
> Please note your change:
>   Connected cars => Voice agents in connected cars
> within README.md was not applied, because there was no
> "Connected cars" within index.html any more.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kazuyuki
> 
> 
> On Fri, 23 May 2025 04:01:24 +0900,
> Dirk Schnelle-Walka wrote:
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> Hi everyone, hi Debbie and Kazuyuki,
> 
> I made some first changes to https://github.com/w3c/smartagents-workshop to
> focus more on voice than it is done at
> https://github.com/w3c/strategy/issues/507.
> 
> I also reviewed the current ideas for the other workshop AI Agents & the Web.
> 
> The AI Agents & the Web proposal for a W3C workshop focuses on user-friendly
> smart agents, but it does not focus specifically on voice agents. Instead, it has a
> broader scope that includes:
> 
> - Agent-user interaction models (text, GUI, voice, multimodal)
> - Agent-agent interaction and orchestration
> - Data portability and user control
> - Privacy, security, and trust
> - Standardization needs and gaps
> 
> While voice is mentioned as one possible modality, it's not the central theme.
> The goal is to discuss smart agents more generally ¯ including conversational,
> embodied, or software-based agents ¯ and how to make them user-friendly and
> interoperable within the Web ecosystem.
> 
> In contrast, the Smart Voice Agents Workshop (after my edits) does place more
> emphasis on voice agents including references to speech interfaces and the
> interaction between users and services via voice.
> 
> So in summary:
> 
> - Workshop AI Agents & the Web: Broad focus on smart agents; voice is just one
> aspect.
> - Workshop Smart Voice Agents : More specifically oriented toward voice agents
> and their web integration.
> 
> So, I see a completely different focus of these two, although they share some
> topics. I do not see a problem with that. In case, there are further concerns from
> the other workshop,  I would try to argue removing the topic of voice interaction
> from the other workshop. 
> 
> Please,  feel encouraged to comment on my thoughts.
> 
> I will take and break and review my edits in in a few days.
> Dirk

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