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When did I turn from the enthusiastic kid who dreamed of audio-controlled personal assistants like this to a cranky old man who doesn't want anything remotely spy-possible in his house?
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The "play some good 60s rock" example isn't a VUI breakdown, it's a functionality gap in the backend. One that will probably be fixed pretty quickly, given the way things are headed. A VUI breakdown would be inability to understand accents, or non-responsiveness to commands. As a user input, Alexa is pretty well buttoned up.
Sounds like the Enterprise computer: Geordi: Computer, subdued lighting. (computer turns the lights off) Geordi No, that's... that's too much. I don't want it dark. I want it cozy. Computer: Please state your request in precise candlepower. (The scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPZnR3Ue1n4 )
Be forewarned - if I am invited into your home for any reason, and I see an Alexa device, I will vocally add a large shopping list of nonsense to your Amazon cart :)
When did I turn from the enthusiastic kid who dreamed of audio-controlled personal assistants like this to a cranky old man who doesn't want anything remotely spy-possible in his house?
The moment you clamored for MIT embedded Linux software and the "let's kill all the GPL it's bad for startups" meme came up. So now this cool audio controlled personal assistant is just another gadget to buy more stuff from Amazon, instead of something you control.
Huh? Why would they prevent new customers from ordering this?
Be forewarned - if I am invited into your home for any reason, and I see an Alexa device, I will vocally add a large shopping list of nonsense to your Amazon cart :)
Serious question: is it feasible to implement a kind of loose voice 'fingerprint' to prevent this kind of thing? Will/could Alexa know who's talking to it?
Be forewarned - if I am invited into your home for any reason, and I see an Alexa device, I will vocally add a large shopping list of nonsense to your Amazon cart :)
I would not be surprised if it turns out that Alexa is the biggest thing they've ever done, including AWS.
Alexa requires AWS to run. It's a symbiotic relationship, and Alexa is the consumer-facing AI extension. They've marketed it better than Watson and Siri so far, giving it new hardware to live in and opening it up to developers. But without AWS, there is no Alexa.
It's hard to do worse than a platform that simply does not let third-parties in (Siri). I honestly don't understand why Apple is so opposed to the concept.
Be forewarned - if I am invited into your home for any reason, and I see an Alexa device, I will vocally add a large shopping list of nonsense to your Amazon cart :)
Serious question: is it feasible to implement a kind of loose voice 'fingerprint' to prevent this kind of thing? Will/could Alexa know who's talking to it?
1) Can you do this on the Alexa servers efficiently
2) Do you want to? Seems like setting it up could be a hassle. Right now there is zero friction and it just works.
> Echo Dot ($89.99) is available exclusively for Prime Members through Alexa Voice Shopping. Huh? Why would they prevent new customers from ordering this?