Inside Amazon’s Plan for Alexa to Run Your Entire Life

November 11th, 2019

Comedy Gold on Cryptogon this morning.

Via: MIT Technology Review:

The creator of the famous voice assistant dreams of a world where Alexa is everywhere, anticipating your every need.

The crux of the plan is for the voice assistant to move from passive to proactive interactions. Rather than wait for and respond to requests, Alexa will anticipate what the user might want. The idea is to turn Alexa into an omnipresent companion that actively shapes and orchestrates your life. This will require Alexa to get to know you better than ever before.

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