To be fair, when I’m in bed and I say, “Alexa, turn off all the lights” and I don’t need to get up to do it, I feel like a wizard, and I’m willing to sacrifice a little privacy for that, because it makes my life better.
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U mean, since thanks to Alexa you can turn off the lights without having to stand up, you are ok with letting them hear everything u do?
That’s weird
While I see your point, 100% the speakers listen for commands, but they don’t “hear” anything or begin computing/processing until triggered.
It isn’t as though a person is writing a story about the sounds of my sex life, but if he does, I’d buy it…
How do they hear the "trigger" if they are not listening?
“They” is a computer, not a person analyzing your ambient noise. The computer doesn’t begin any action until the trigger word is deployed
You don’t like the “they” pronoun?
Like we are conspiracy theorists?
You were using “they” as though “they” were physical person(s), I disagreed and suggested “they” are computers who don’t understand or process any data unless triggered to do so.
No issue with the pronoun, I identify as they/them to get out of all my traffic tickets solo-driving in the HOV lane.
You get: A remote light switch.
You loose: Your privacy.
I also get remote boiling water, laundry machine notifications, television and projector control, humidifier, vacuum, and all in addition to my lighting dog monitoring and treat dispenser control.
In exchange a computer gets to listen to me underwhelming my tinder dates for minutes…
I had a room mate in college who would open the bathroom shutters at night when he wanted to shower. Same vibe.