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

  • Kalkaline
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    1561 year ago

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

    • LazaroFilm
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      811 year ago

      “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”

        • @[email protected]
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          51 year ago

          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!

      • @[email protected]
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        271 year ago

        “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.”

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          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

      • @FireTower
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        61 year ago

        *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)

    • DreamButt
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      81 year ago

      Guess we’ll find out when they finally pull the trigger

    • @pyldriver
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      61 year ago

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

      • @atx_aquarian
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        1 year ago

        I use “turn on ___” and “kill ___”. Much more reliable matches.

        • @[email protected]
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          51 year ago

          Do you change the names of all your devices to people names? The living room lamp is Steve, the bedroom fan is Maryanne…

        • @InnerScientist
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          21 year ago

          Good to see people already training ai to kill.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        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

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          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.

    • @scarabic
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      31 year ago

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

      I get tired of the outrage-headline game.