I see the huge potential benefits of AI and wanted to experience it for myself so I started using Alexa for the first time a couple of days ago. I have already gotten used to what Alexa can do for me and It's now used by all my family because it's so simple to use. For you programming types check out IFTTT. For others that just want to simplify their lives give Alexa a try or some variant. This is a great area to be working in and it's only going to grow:
"In an interview last Friday at one of Amazon’s Seattle high-rises, Mr. Bezos predicted that over time people would turn to different digital assistants — also called “A.I.s,” for artificial intelligence — the same way they turn to one friend for advice about hiking and another for restaurant recommendations.
“I want them to have access to as many of those A.I.s as possible.” Mr. Bezos said.
As an example, Mr. Bezos cited Cortana's superior integration with Outlook, the popular calendar and email application that is part of the Microsoft Office suite of software. Because Microsoft controls both products, Outlook is integrated more deeply with Cortana than with other voice assistants. Through its collaboration with Microsoft, Amazon said, Alexa users will get answers to some of the same questions that Cortana can now answer — for instance, when is the next budget review with the boss?"
https://www.nytimes.com/...crosoft-cortana.html
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
"In an interview last Friday at one of Amazon’s Seattle high-rises, Mr. Bezos predicted that over time people would turn to different digital assistants — also called “A.I.s,” for artificial intelligence — the same way they turn to one friend for advice about hiking and another for restaurant recommendations.
“I want them to have access to as many of those A.I.s as possible.” Mr. Bezos said.
As an example, Mr. Bezos cited Cortana's superior integration with Outlook, the popular calendar and email application that is part of the Microsoft Office suite of software. Because Microsoft controls both products, Outlook is integrated more deeply with Cortana than with other voice assistants. Through its collaboration with Microsoft, Amazon said, Alexa users will get answers to some of the same questions that Cortana can now answer — for instance, when is the next budget review with the boss?"
https://www.nytimes.com/...crosoft-cortana.html
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."