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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts) Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:03 AM Jul 2015

The Truth Behind Amazon Echo

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The Truth Behind Amazon Echo (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jul 2015 OP

I think I'd give the edge to Echo. It will be interesting to follow subsequent Echo generations. NBachers Jul 2015 #1

Then Siri and Alexa start talking to each other and Skynet is born.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #2

Yes but eventually the yuiyoshida Jul 2015 #3

I was watching some sci-fi show and someone said they could set the auto-destruct.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #4

Thanks for posting this, yuiyoshida. Unknown Beatle Jul 2015 #5

maybe if they make it better... yuiyoshida Jul 2015 #6

Annoying. PADemD Jul 2015 #7

Than my advice for you is don't yuiyoshida Jul 2015 #8

It's a bit ominous to me actually zeemike Jul 2015 #9

The Ultimate Computer yuiyoshida Jul 2015 #10

NBachers

(17,108 posts)

1. I think I'd give the edge to Echo. It will be interesting to follow subsequent Echo generations.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:17 AM

Jul 2015

I like the idea, the concept, and the execution, but I'm not sure what I'd do with it.

I had the same response when a friend told me he had a TRS-80 back in the early '80's.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

2. Then Siri and Alexa start talking to each other and Skynet is born....

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:51 AM

Jul 2015

Then a naked Arnold Schwarzenegger will ask for your clothes.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

3. Yes but eventually the

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 05:03 AM

Jul 2015

Star Trek Supercomputer will be born!!

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

4. I was watching some sci-fi show and someone said they could set the auto-destruct....

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 05:29 AM

Jul 2015

The alien captain of the ship said, "Why would someone equip their ship with such a device?"

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)

5. Thanks for posting this, yuiyoshida.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 06:39 AM

Jul 2015

I never heard about the Amazon Echo until now. It's really fascinating. Thanks again.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

6. maybe if they make it better...

Reply to Unknown Beatle (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 07:12 AM

Jul 2015

I might get one. Imagine having artificial intelligence that can get you any bit of information you want, by simply asking for it.

PADemD

(4,482 posts)

7. Annoying.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 08:56 AM

Jul 2015

Reminds me of the screen in Fahrenheit 451.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

8. Than my advice for you is don't

Reply to PADemD (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:01 AM

Jul 2015

buy one. Why spend 100 to 200 dollars for one if you are going to smash it to bits with a ball peen hammer?

zeemike

(18,998 posts)

9. It's a bit ominous to me actually

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:15 PM

Jul 2015

It is science fiction come to life in my lifetime.
And in all the sci fi stories of the past it never ends well.

Like the movie Colossus, the Forbin Project...when the supper computers started conversing with each other they concluded that mankind was dangerous to the earth and had to be controlled.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

10. The Ultimate Computer

Reply to zeemike (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:24 PM

Jul 2015

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