>When the child spoke to the device, Alexa made a deliberate decision to look up a challenge on the internet
I don't think that's fair. A reasonable parent knows that Alexa's main function is to look things up on the internet.
I don't think that's fair. A reasonable parent knows that Alexa's main function is to look things up on the internet.
At 3 minutes the little girl says "Echo loves to to play music" ... i.e. it's expected that children will project emotions onto Echo, which in turn means an implied level of trust they will have to the device. Also the girl in the video is using at times _without_ parent supervision...
So sorry the whole "it's just a dumb device designed to search the Internet and you should know better" argument doesn't fly here.
Well, it's what Amazon would like Alexa to be for. For me, and everyone I know, its a podcast/music player plus timer and weather-teller.
For us, it’s a music player, kitchen timer, and weather-teller.