Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he “absolutely” believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

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    1 年前

    Alexa is so bad though. Who’s going to pay for that?

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      “By the way, you can now pay for Alexa AI option if you want me to reply in a slightly smarter way, but I will still cut you off with ads and other useless things. To activate AlexaAI say activate”

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          Just made the switch to NextDNS. For $2/month I get a lot of the same features but also on my phone when not on WiFi. Still love my pihole though!

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        “No”

        “I heard ‘activate’. Thank you! Your credit card will be charged $129 annually. To cancel, please log on to the website because there’s no way we’re letting you get out of this mess the same way we got you into it.”

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          To cancel, please log on to the website because there’s no way we’re letting you get out of this mess the same way we got you into it.

          Unless you’re in California

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        *to the same degree of intelligence as you’ve previously experienced. (Ps if you don’t we’re making Alexa have a room temp IQ)

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      1 年前

      Mine can’t ever seem to tell the difference between on and off if there is any sound in my house

      • glimpseintotheshit@sh.itjust.works
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        Siri was always shit but somehow managed to devolve even further lately. I never trusted her to do more than than turning lights on or off but now this shit happens:

        Me: Siri, turn off the lights in the living room

        Siri: OKAY, WHICH ROOM? BATHROOM, BEDROOM, KITCHEN, HALLWAY, LIVING ROOM?

        Imagine living in a mansion with this cunt

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          I use Google to turn on my TV by saying ‘turn on TV’, easily done. But then when I ask it to adjust volume it asks me which TV… I only have one TV online and it had just turned it on.

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      But he acknowledged that Alexa will need to drastically improve before that happens.

      I get tired of the outrage-headline game.