- She’s gone one better than wearing tube dresses. She is an actual tube.
- She doesn’t exactly light up your life, but if you want to know she’s listening a blue flashing rim appears round her edges.
- She’s trainable, she’ll know you probably better than you do.
- She won’t argue about your commands, although sometimes you get the idea she’s politely thinking you’re a bit of a fool. Passive aggressive stuff.
Would you welcome her in your home, or is she already there?
Ever think you might just have a few too many gizmos?
Those silicone valley coding guys just can’t seem to keep their little paws off making things better. You can imagine one of their planning meetings:
- The question “What do peeps really, truly want?”
- The answer. “Something to keep all their gizmos in order.”
- The breakthrough moment. “Gee whiz, how ‘bout a robot?
- Excited chatter. “Yeah, we could call it Alexa!”
- Profound comment. “Cool. Sounds so personal! They’ll love it!
- Result. (Amazon productivity boss) “Kay guys. Go!!
Like all great ideas, new improvements keep coming, once you start a project or product. Alexa seems to have gone viral in the category of wants plus needs, if you believe this tube is needed.
And my, she has learned to appeal to different cultures and languages. I have a soft spot for those Southern ladies.
Anyone who doubts artificial intelligence (AI) is still far away from their reality might like to think about this. If your dependence on your devices and lives has become so great that you have no time to teach your kids acceptable manners, maybe you need a break. Seriously.