Kind of a niche thing for yuppies right now but they’re coming, aren’t they? How you feeling about it:
Alexa, please tell eric to fuck off with his shit thread
Bit shite but i’ll probably relent soon enough
I will try to avoid them for as long as poss but at some point they’ll be unavoidable innit
Nope nope nope I’ll be in cold cold ground before I use one
i thought VPA stood for vice presidents association lol (or similar)
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There’s already this deeply worrying strain of thought that they know more about us than we do ourselves and can become our best most optimised selves if only we listen to an algorithm. Bollocks isn’t it… OR IS IT??
I have never really used Siri but I have started using our Alexa device for a) playing music, b) setting alarms, and c) reading news briefings / giving the weather forecast. I’d cope without it.
I am resigned to the fact that 5 years from now I’m going to be one of the overwhelming minority still reliant on things like my own brain to know how to do things.
Yeah but I think for it to have much more functionality I’d have to set it up to be connected to my phone and stuff which isn’t going to happen. It’s main aim is to keep you within Amazon’s ecosystem as much as possible and buy stuff but I’d never use it to buy anything (though we do use Amazon Fresh and I could see myself saying “Alexa, add kitchen roll to this week’s order” or something, so maybe I’m talking shit).
Got three Alexa dots and 2 Alexa enabled Sonos ones. Main danger is I can save my favourite take away orders and then order them by just asking for them.
Also able to time stuff, set alarms, change music, change lights, ask questions and all sorts when cooking, washing up, showering or bathing so it’s a yes from me, Clive.
Won an Alexa in a raffle earlier this year. It’s plugged into the stereo and being used for Internet radio and Spotify streaming. And nothing else, obviously.