Ever put something in a safe place and forget the safe place?

tbeltrans said:
What if ... one day you said "Alexa", and the response was "Who is Alexa"? One wonders what happens when these things start getting old, low on batteries, etc. :)

Tony
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If you just say, "Alexa," the device waits for a command. But once, just for fun, I said, "Alexa, thank you." She said, "Of course." That was unexpected. I did it again, and she said, "You're welcome." So she's programmed to have some variety.

If I say, "Alexa, play something nice," she chooses something that I will like. I guess she stores my musical preferences in her memory, and has an algorithm to make selections accordingly. Amazing, and kind of creepy.

tbel, she doesn't run on a battery, at least, I don't think so. I have "her" plugged into the wall, same as an electric light.
 
Sunny said:
If you just say, "Alexa," the device waits for a command. But once, just for fun, I said, "Alexa, thank you." She said, "Of course." That was unexpected. I did it again, and she said, "You're welcome." So she's programmed to have some variety.

If I say, "Alexa, play something nice," she chooses something that I will like. I guess she stores my musical preferences in her memory, and has an algorithm to make selections accordingly. Amazing, and kind of creepy.

tbel, she doesn't run on a battery, at least, I don't think so. I have "her" plugged into the wall, same as an electric light.
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One time when I was at Best Buy, there was a demo table set up with Alexa on it. I asked if Alexa would play ANY music on demand, and the guy said it would. I said Alexa, play David Qualey. Sure enough, Alexa found this, and played it:


I thought that would be a rather obscure request since nobody I have talked to has ever heard of Qualey. I was impressed and started asking the guy questions with the idea of maybe getting one. I found out that after you buy Alexa, you have to pay for music and as I recall, there were other goodies that cost. I decided against the purchase because I could just see being "nickel an dimed" once they got their hooks into me.

That may no longer be true, or maybe that is now a part of the goodies you get with Amazon Prime, or maybe that has become an acceptable way of life, I don't know. I do think that Alexa is a good idea and seems to be well executed though.

It isn't that I don't spend money, but instead that I am careful to spend it on things that Have lasting value for me. We all have different value systems, so I would never say that something like Alexa is a bad thing to spend money on.

Tony
 
tbeltrans said:
One time when I was at Best Buy, there was a demo table set up with Alexa on it. I asked if Alexa would play ANY music on demand, and the guy said it would. I said Alexa, play David Qualey. Sure enough, Alexa found this, and played it:


I thought that would be a rather obscure request since nobody I have talked to has ever heard of Qualey. I was impressed and started asking the guy questions with the idea of maybe getting one. I found out that after you buy Alexa, you have to pay for music and as I recall, there were other goodies that cost. I decided against the purchase because I could just see being "nickel an dimed" once they got their hooks into me.

That may no longer be true, or maybe that is now a part of the goodies you get with Amazon Prime, or maybe that has become an acceptable way of life, I don't know. I do think that Alexa is a good idea and seems to be well executed though.

It isn't that I don't spend money, but instead that I am careful to spend it on things that Have lasting value for me. We all have different value systems, so I would never say that something like Alexa is a bad thing to spend money on.

Tony
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I don't pay anything extra for music. But I am a Prime member, maybe that's why.
 
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