Alexa and other home technology - pros and cons

The small assistants with ears and mouth and central artificial intelligence can open up many possibilities. They are paid for with the currency of surveillance capitalism - with their personal data. The value of this currency is assessed very differently by consumers. We need education here so that people know what they are choosing. Digital Natives build a variety of identities behind which they "obfuscate" themselves. This is how a way is found. For many over 25, this is still hard to understand.

well, Alexa is still far from "intelligence." It is getting better, it can already answer much more than a year ago, but I understand something different by intelligent...

The intelligence does not only consist of what Alexa tells you, but also what it delivers to Amazon in terms of insights. To give examples of 3 goals that all „Pod“ providers pursue: 1. The devices should make „suggestions“ to their humans before they ask. 2. The devices should learn to negotiate prices independently. 3. The devices should get to know their humans so well that in the future they no longer offer a choice, but a single suggestion. The human is spared the „burden of choice“ and begins to rely on the suggestions based on good experiences.

Those who do not believe 3. can check how many people they know who now „blindly“ drive using navigation.

hm then she learns slowly. When I say: play music for me, often what comes is something I like, but repeatedly stuff I've already marked as "don't like". That should slowly stop. I also really like that they now have voice recognition for the German version - because a "play music for me" should deliver clearly different results than for my husband

I hope you have all disposed of your android smartphones..no? Not? But nothing from Alexa comes into the house? Exactly my humor!

Exactly, Steffen. Seriously, because of my data protection I only use Apple. Even though it is expensive.