Tag: alexa

Alexa, Good Job in Tech, Not Ready to Dominate

by on August 3, 2018 12:17 am
  Early around March 2018, there was an interesting, perhaps also creepy news about Amazon’s Alexa: Alexa laughs at users randomly. [1] Although some people found this buggy behavior amusing, most people were freaking out hearing random laughter out of nowhere. Amazon later explained that Alex “mistakenly hear the phrase ‘Alexa, laugh,’” when other words… Read more Alexa, Good Job in Tech, Not Ready to Dominate

You say artificial intelligence, I say Alexa. 

by on July 9, 2018 11:32 am
  This revolutionary device has remodelled lifestyles and brought significant changes in the small things we do. Amazon’s Echo, Alexa, is a voice controlled personal assistance with a physical presence. This excellent innovation is 20cm tall, contains wifi, seven microphones, connection to the cloud as well as two speakers. It hangs ever so subtly on… Read more You say artificial intelligence, I say Alexa. 

Artificial Intelligence in the Startup World

by on August 3, 2017 10:38 pm
From Alexa and SIRI to self driving cars, AI is progressing rapidly. It is disrupting major industries like healthcare, finance, gaming, manufacturing, transport, customer service and many more. Robots are already driving cars and performing surgeries. And they are doing it better. According to an article on the verge, (https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/21/14687346/uber-self-driving-car-arizona-pilot-ducey-california) self driving cars are now… Read more Artificial Intelligence in the Startup World

The smart home is dumb… for now

by on July 21, 2017 10:17 am
The smart home movement, or lack there-of, has been a source of personal frustration. Luckily a quick internet search gives me mild comfort in knowing that I am not alone. Just read Adam Clarke Estes’ experience. Estes is a blogger for Gizmodo and shared his disappointment after whole-heartedly buying into the concept of the smart… Read more The smart home is dumb… for now

Intelligent assistants + Platform business = 1 trillion dollar company?

by on July 20, 2017 9:41 pm
In the seminal book by Russell & Norvig, Artificial Intelligence – A Modern Approach, the authors describe that “an agent is anything that can be viewed as perceiving its environment through sensors and acting upon that environment through effectors.” Agent programs can be categorized into five progressive types of intelligent systems which include simple reflex… Read more Intelligent assistants + Platform business = 1 trillion dollar company?

Digital Home Technology through the Cloud: Enabling Paradise or Potential Prison?

by on July 15, 2017 4:52 pm
“Alexa order my grocery list and add one bag of peanut M&Ms to it.” “Alexa, cancel my events for Tuesday and call an Uber for me in two hours.” With a few simple sentences, I had saved myself about 3 hours of work, allowing me to peacefully enjoy my breakfast as I prepared to pick… Read more Digital Home Technology through the Cloud: Enabling Paradise or Potential Prison?

Day 2 for brands – Voice

by on July 7, 2017 11:43 am
Jeff Bezos is famous for his metaphor of “Day 1” which serves as his leadership philosophy and manifesto guiding Amazon. Day 1 is an ideal state for the company which Amazon fights to retain as “Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death.” Bezos addressed this concept in… Read more Day 2 for brands – Voice