How voice assistants can provide medical advice

GUEST: Ben Fox Rubin had a great post in CNET’s CES blog that discussed whether voice assistants were equipped to provide health and emotional support. He starts out by citing a JAMA study from early 2016 that found voice assistants mostly lacking when asked about some basic physical and mental health situations. This highlights two interesting points:
What is the purpose of voice assistants?
How will services break down between general purpose and specialist voice