Is Amazon Alexa AI In TROUBLE?!

Last year Amazon demonstrated Alexa AI with a demo at their September event. But we have not heard much since. In this video I cover some new information about the state of Alexa AI and what it will potentially cost.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 About Article and Alexa
02:12 ChatGPT Out
03:33 Alexa AI Problems
04:47 Alexa AI Announced
05:39 Where is Alexa AI
06:11 Power and Data
09:11 Some Good News

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[Mattdylan]

My Echos have seriously degraded in quality. They have gotten deafer and are driving my family insane

[ClarisseRockinThatBow]

Amazon truly missed an opportunity here. We have an Echo, and we like it. I love to cook, so I use it to add to my grocery list if my hands are busy and i run out of something. We use it for the weather, set up routines to turn on or off lights. I think I put something in my Amazon cart and bought it - maybe once. I don't think it's necessary to charge us for something so basic as that. We listen to Sirius XM, too. I wish Amazon would have asked their customers which features they use or would like them to include in the future. As a former Blockbuster employee, I know all about missed opportunities!

[RedErin]

Alexa has absolutely lost me. Over ten of them in my house, now just two and we only use those to ask to turn on the lights or something basic like that. I plugged in my first HomePod yesterday and it works far better and it’s obvious Apple is working on the long term plan, we’ll see. Alexa is just a trash heap and nearly useless at this point, I can’t see someone like me being convinced to pay money for more of Amazon’s lack of understanding the human need. At this point I may even be dropping my Prime subscription because they keep wanting $5 or $10 more for this and that. Maybe if they did something like Prime Plus package where you get a good deal on all the extras but I’m not adding another random split up $50 for various services from them it’s just insane.

[garethdavies]

I won’t pay an additional fee for AI. I already pay for Prime, Amazon Music Unlimited and I spend enough with Amazon. I use me echo devices to shop, Alexa makes money reminding me it’s been 3 months since i bought coffee etc.

[NoPastNoFate]

Alexa is infuriating at this point.

It can’t even do simple queries like reliably tell my what the IMDB rating of a TV show or movie is, to tell me basic information without drawing it from random and often wrong user answers or the most obscure websites I have ever heard of.

[loum.]

Alexa is a hot mess. Alexa cannot hear, plays the wrong music more that the correct music. Alexa is now trash.

[noneyabizz]

I stopped using my Amazon devices once they started responding without prompt and repeaded sentences back to me while I was mid conversation with someone in room.

[steven]

I only ever wanted it to play music, tell me the weather, set timers, alarms. I don't want to conversate with a computer.

[Reedith]

It's incredible how Alexa had the market to be the future leader in smart homes and now she's a joke I literally argue with mine everyday now she used to be so much smarter and so much quicker it's like she's been in my house a few years now and got dementia and I even upgrade to the newest Alexa's every year

[fushammer]

If Amazon decided to put Alexa behind a paywall my speakers are going out the window. In reality we don't need it it's a luxury. I'm fully capable of turning on and off lights, doing countdowns and timers and I can look at my phone for the weather. I've already got the arsehole with Amazon for the way they try to force you into paying more for what you already had on Amazon Prime. It won't take much to send me over the edge into cancelling the whole lot.

And I've never forgiven them for that Rings Of Power shite.

[tonyvalenti]

Hey Craig! It’s you 3, 000th +/- Sub again!

Another great video. First, in this case, I’m not sure Amazon “stumbled”. I think it was more about arrogance because they once were king of the hill and as you pointed out deliberately took their eye off the ball. No new features, more ads, and lower quality make me skeptical they can pull off an AI after failing to ever improve Alexa to begin with. Sony even get me started with crappy Skills and weak Routines.

Anyway, I no longer get overly excited about anything anymore in the tech world. The promises of WiFi 6 were marginal to me after all the hype, and years after the wait until you see Thread and Matter! Really, yawn! I’m not sure I’ll be living by time they all get that right.

Finally, and this whining about how Amazon loses money on Alexa. Really? Alexa put the Amazon brand on the map! Second losing money with Alexa and making tons with Prime and AWS is no excuse for selling crappy product. I’ll use Apple as an example, we all know iPhones and iPads have been their primary income since 2007, however that never caused them to reduce the quality of less profitable products.

It’ll be interesting to see where this goes, but I’m not falling for the hype and not paying a subscription. Amazon is not going out of business, heck they pit others out of business. So, stop it already with the subscriptions! It’s getting like the tip question for doing little.

Anyway… How’s your brother? He still got an Android/Game Channel?

[garethjones]

I watched an interesting video a couple of days ago about AI as a feature as opposed to a product, I’m not convinced people will pay extra for a subscription to utilise AI, but may pay more at the point of purchasing the device to get the hardware to be able to leverage AI

[alanb]

My Alexa devices are much more useful to me now as I am somewhat disabled, I use voice command all the time. I heard that the Alexa AI is going to cost five dollars a month. OK Craig enjoy your weekend! 🎉

[Barot]

I think both Google and Amazon screwed up the massive lead they had on these assistants.

[benshoaf]

I have been an Alexa user for 7 years and right now the only thing stopping me from moving is Spotify listening and the echo dots with clock ability to show timers counting down. I just bought a HomePod mini to get acquainted and see if it is worth the $$$ to switch fully.

[FloridaClay]

The first question is, do people really want Alexa to be converted into a conversational device. For me, not so much and also being nervous about whether it would screw up a really, really good thing I use many times a day. I know AI is the shinny new bauble, but I am in the wait and see mode.
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[coriel]

I spent hundreds of of dollars on a doomed system? Lately Alexa functions correctly about 50 percent of the of the time. Answers from wrong speakers and turns on lights without request! (Spooky). Anyway, I am terribly disappointed at my investment.

[markedwards]

I won’t have a device in my house that is listening to my conversations 24x7 and uploading whatever it finds interesting to the internet. I’m surprised that other people are ok with it.

[Vinny]

Amazon has the Apple Watch 9 for $299 right now. Any chance it goes below on Prime Day?

[leeclinkscales]

I don't need to converse with Alexa or any other device. I have no use for AI. I am perfectly happy with speaking to Google and being shown search results. I would love a PC interface that would allow me to control VLC or YouTube by voice.
There is no way I'm going to pay for Alexa AI, and if they start charging for standard Alexa—especially for Prime members—I'll change to Apple. And I am definitely not an Apple fan.