Me: Alexa, play music to shred cheese to.

Alexa: Okay. Here’s Sex Type Thing by Stone Temple Pilots.

Me: Perfect 🔪🧀 🎶👌

#alexa #helpwanted

Me: Alexa, play people humming.

Alexa: Hmm, I cant find the song “people humping.”

Sara: 😅😂🤣

#alexa

The Role of Context in Redefining Human-Computer Interaction

Understanding the user’s context is key to interpreting a customer’s utterance and providing the most relevant response. Alexa is using an expanding number of contextual signals to resolve ambiguity, from personal customer context (historical activity, preferences, memory, etc.), skill context (skill ratings, categories, usage) […]

Alexa really needs to get better at remembering my “historical activity.” I ask her every night to turn off my bedroom light and 9 times out of 10 she doesn’t get it right. It’s not because she can’t turn off the light. It’s because she doesn’t remember that my bedroom light is named “Teal Room” and I ask her to power it off at roughly the same time.

Granted that’s a hard word pairing to parse, especially with my Amish accent but c’mon, powering the light off is something I do EVERY NIGHT when I go to bed.

Amusingly she never forgets that I have a fan named “The Terminator” and she ALWAYS turns that off and on.

#alexa #machinelearning

I keep accidentally telling Alexa to play New Age music instead of New Wave. And then before I know it I’m burning candles and doing that reiki shit.

#alexa #thestruggleisreal

AmazonBasics Microwave | Alexa Enabled - Amazon.com

A compact countertop microwave that connects to your Echo device to make cooking easier.

• Now it’s easier to defrost peas, make popcorn, cook potatoes, and reheat rice. Quick-cook voice presets and a simplified keypad let you just ask Alexa to start microwaving.
• Auto Popcorn Replenishment can automatically reorder popcorn when you run low, enabled by Amazon Dash Replenishment technology.
• Compact size saves counter space, plus 10 power levels, a kitchen timer, a child lock, and a turntable.
• Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new presets, features, and skills.

Peeps, the future is now.

#amazon #alexa #homeimprovement

Do you ever wake up to the sound of Alexa mumbling something in Korean?

Like she’s trying to decipher the launch codes?

#meanwhile #alexa

Sara to Alexa: I’m going to punch you in the mouth, whore.

#sara #alexa

You’ve got to be kidding me, second most requested. 🙄

Maybe it’s not Alexa that’s dumb. Maybe she’s dumb because people are asking her dumb questions.

#alexa #fail

You know you’re onto something when Alexa just shuts down.

#videos #alexa

Me: Alexa, play some music that I might like.

Alexa starts playing Hungry Like the Wolf.

Me: YES! Alexa, you sweet bitch, volume 1000!!! 💪

Alexa: Sorry, you can only set the volume between zero and 10.

Me: 😭

#alexa #fail