Amazon lays off Alexa employees as 2010s voice-assistant boom gives way to AI

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Amazon lays off Alexa employees as 2010s voice-assistant boom gives way to AI
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I don't know anyone who uses them at all.

"Alexa, add bananas"

"Alexa, 3 minutes"

"Alexa, add 30 seconds"

I think that's just about everything I've ever used it for.

This is better with kids. My niece figured it out and often spoke to Alexa:

Niece: Alexa, add farts and pepperoni pizzas to the grocery list. Niece: Alexa, play baby shark on the bedroom speaker. Niece: Alexa, remind me to kiss my butt in 10 minutes. (Leaves room, her mom was there a few minutes later, in time for the reminder.)

Etc…

When you leave an Alexa enabled echo sitting around 4 to 8 year olds, you get some interesting requests… and entertainment.

True, there's that :)

And of course there are those times that Alexa completely misunderstands. Neither my wife nor I know how it happened, but some months back we discovered "blow job" on our list.

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