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Amazon Alexa Starts Proactively Making Decisions for You:
Amazon's Alexa knows that actions speak louder than words, which is why it can automatically complete tasks without you having to ask.
Hunches rolled out last year, reminding users to lock the front door or turn off the basement light if Alexa senses you forgot. A recent update, however, lets customers choose to have the virtual assistant proactively control compatible devices, instinctively starting the robot vacuum or adjusting the thermostat when it deems necessary.
"Customers can choose to have Alexa proactively act on Hunches without needing to ask," Amazon says. "That means customers have fewer things to think about at home, so they can spend their time on more meaningful things."
[...] The function—currently available in English in the US—improves with use; regularly ask about the daily weather forecast, and Alexa could one day automatically offer advice about an umbrella or sunscreen.
More about Alexa Hunches at Amazon:
Hunches is an optional Alexa feature that alerts you when one of your connected smart home devices isn't in its usual state. Alexa can offer a hunch after you say certain utterances, such as "Set alarm" or "Good night."
[...] If Alexa detects that a connected smart home device isn't in a state you prefer, Alexa lets you know and offers to fix it. For example, if you say "Good night" and you've forgotten to turn off a light, Alexa alerts you and offers to turn it off.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 27 2021, @09:33PM (6 children)
For Amazon.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 27 2021, @11:54PM (5 children)
I hear that. I have no desire to purchase the illusion that I'm living in "the future" from a megacorporation.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday January 28 2021, @12:22AM (3 children)
I hope you like using a broom, in the near future yo may not find any not-IoT-ed vacuum cleaner.
Oh, btw, hacking will be declared terrorism; a federal felony, because it perturbs the interstate commerce.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 28 2021, @02:39AM
That's why you need to call renegade heating engineer and suspected terrorist Archibald Tuttle. Brazil [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 28 2021, @07:24AM (1 child)
I'll get hardwood floors or put down tile or something and mop instead.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday January 28 2021, @08:10AM
And perturb the sale of IoT enabled steam mops on purpose? Economic terrorism, I tell yea.
If you can't take care of your home with the tools Amazon sell to you, you aren't worthy to have a home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 28 2021, @02:35AM
"Thank you for using Sirius Cybernetics!"