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Re:Why Alexa won't wake up when she hears her name in ads (2... by TeMPOraL on Monday January 16, 2023 @02:43PM (#34404666)
It's a question better directed to ChatGPT.

But hey, maybe this is the answer: Amazon could offer a subscription service that would make Alexa use a GPT-based model for any query that isn't an obvious command people rely on nowadays. This would make Alexa be able to hold its end of a conversation, and perhaps give useful answer sometimes - which, based on popularity of ChatGPT, may just be worth a monthly subscription.

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Re:Why Alexa won't wake up when she hears her name in ads (2... by ghaff on Monday January 16, 2023 @03:16PM (#34404984)
That's an interesting thought even if I'm not convinced how much you can charge for this sort of thing. But really improving Alexa's conversational ability is an interesting angle--even if that means you need some greater skepticism about the info it returns.
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