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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: 2) by Arik on Wednesday January 27 2021, @10:41PM (3 children)
It serves only it's Lord and Savior, Jeff Bezos.
So your analogy is completely wrong.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 28 2021, @01:11AM (2 children)
Don't be ridiculous.
It is 100% your servant, however like human servants it can be convinced to spill all your secrets. Ok, worse than a human servant it is designed to leak your secrets.
Personally I want an open source helper that doesn't require a net connection.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 28 2021, @01:51AM
> Personally I want an open source helper that doesn't require a net connection.
So now we're back to humans.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday January 28 2021, @02:41AM
Bingo.
"Personally I want an open source helper that doesn't require a net connection."
Want in one hand... yeah you know the rest of the joke.
You want it? You can have it. Here's the catch. You have to pay for it. And once it's done, the rest of us can use it too.
If that doesn't send you into a red rage you might be a decent human being. But you probably can't pay for it, in that case.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?