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Amazon lays off Alexa employees as 2010s voice-assistant boom gives way to AI (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

70% of the time, finding my phone and doing it myself would have been faster than arguing with a dumb speaker. I find them really good for

  • setting timers
  • playing generic music
  • pausing other devices that are playing
  • simple questions like current temperature or forecast

When I don't already have my phone in hand.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You put your phone down?