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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, Interesting) by Eratosthenes on Wednesday January 27 2021, @10:46PM (2 children)
How many movies/TV show plots have involved this? There was the one where the building climate controls were trying to kill everyone. That "hidden research city" TV show had a episode with a private residence, involving jealously of the AI?
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(Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Wednesday January 27 2021, @11:23PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Machine_(The_X-Files) [wikipedia.org]
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 28 2021, @02:30AM
"Hidden research city"= Eureka [wikipedia.org] on Sci-fi Channel. S1E11 "H.O.U.S.E. Rules" is where the house AI, which was based on a Miltiary AI (double entendre, or oxymoron?), attempts to lock everyone in, or kill them if they attempt to escape. AI's name is SARAH (Self Actuated Residential Automated Habitat) [fandom.com].