Thursday, December 06, 2018

Witty Repartee Or Poor Speech Recognition?

     Think what you will of Amazon's "Alexa," it's the handiest kitchen timer I've ever used.  Just sing out what you need, when you need it -- but she is a bit nit-picky and perhaps I shouldn't call her on it:

     "Alexa, set a timer.  Ninety seconds."

     "TIMER SET FOR ONE MINUTE, THIRTY SECONDS."

      "Alexa, define 'pedantic.'"

     "AS A NOUN, 'PIG' IS USUALLY DEFINED AS A SWINE; OR, A COARSE OR OBNOXIOUS PERSON.  AS A VERB..."

     "Alexa, wow!  Isn't that kind of harsh?  I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."

     "I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT."

1 comment:

  1. I rather enjoy trying to figure out what our robotic overlord Alexa thought it heard when it suddenly interrupts us and starts pontificating on dog-knows-what.

    Yesterday:
    Me: Where are you going after groceries?
    Her: To .
    Me: Oh, take me with you.

    Her: Oh, look, an ad for .
    Both: Um.
    Me: I'm going home now to unplug my pc and hide in the darkness.

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