Amazon's Alexa Gets More Chatty with AI

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Amazon debuted a new "Let's Chat" feature for Alexa, which allows for a more conversational interchange. A live demo showed how it works, sort of.

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@The-Rest-of-Us 7 ай бұрын

I mean props to them for doing an actual live demo. Few companies doing that these days bc hiccups become instant memes. And also props for the comments being fair.

@lilSnubby 8 ай бұрын

The latency and and having to repeat questions is excruciating

@shawnvandever3917 8 ай бұрын

The fact it straightened up, it was probably a network issue and not the actual device

@technohow6494 7 ай бұрын

Yep Skynet not quite there yet

@SnoopyDoofie 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, but only because he's talking to a female. Change Alexa to a male voice and he'll be responding without hesitation. lol

@denny414 7 ай бұрын

I literally found this video searching to see if Amazon finally is upgrading to Alexa because I got tired of repeating and cursing at my Alexa only to hear him have to repeat to the AI 😢 they need to fix the bugs in their system

@RodrigoAdriano 6 ай бұрын

Yes, but it's only a prototype. In five years or less, this will be like "Jarvis"

@saiyannegi 8 ай бұрын

Lmao Classic Alexa. Got to say it twice

@runvnc208 8 ай бұрын

But other than that it was a terrific demo.

@MrJwyne 8 ай бұрын

Lol Any Alexa owner felt that comment 😆 …We enjoy our Alexa though. …even though she is hard of hearing at times 😄

@darreng8583 7 ай бұрын

@@MrJwyne yes she is a little hard of hearing sometimes she's getting to be older like we all are LOL. But really it ended up as a good demo, sometimes when we think we are clear of what we said it doesn't always come out that way.

@ShawnMenchaca 3 ай бұрын

Lol true

@toontonic 7 ай бұрын

Certainly an improvement in terms of its knowledge & engagement, but it's still very sluggish overall & hopefully they can improve that before release.

@nicholasc6876 7 ай бұрын

I do appreciate an actual live demo. I think Amazon is going to need to make a more powerful device to process language and shrink latency.

@claudiomarongiu9150 3 күн бұрын

Not really! Requests are not processed on the echo dot, it’s on their servers

@robertgill6714 5 ай бұрын

ChatGPT’s voice capability SMOKES this thing. Makes it look like a Model T compared to a Tesla.

@k_oldschool 8 ай бұрын

The brief wait before it answers every question makes it a bit awkward and unnatural. It’s like pretending to know when in reality for that brief time Alexa sneakily goes online and look up the answer. If your friend did that, you won’t like it very much.

@user-if9zz8nt9c 7 ай бұрын

Even tough there was a couple hiccups its still a big improvement over regular alexa

@weeep4652 8 ай бұрын

Yeah alexa NEEDS THE BEST MICROPHONES

@SmokeyMcPot42087 8 ай бұрын

Why is the voice so robotic when we have amazing AI voices already...

@SnoopyDoofie 7 ай бұрын

Name an AI voice that is amazing? I have yet to find one, other than the DJ that Spotify uses in their app.

@SmokeyMcPot42087 7 ай бұрын

@@SnoopyDoofie The new British voice on Pi, really really realistic imo. Infinitely better than the one in this video.

@georgekhumalo5283 7 ай бұрын

No voice even comes close to bingchat

@udaykadam5455 7 ай бұрын

@@SnoopyDoofie there are like plenty examples of it on the YT. They are even accommodating for the imperfections like breathing, stutter etc. Also as the person in this thread has mentioned, the PI AI voice is good too. Personally I would like to have a distinction; so, I prefer the likes of PI AI voice over others that are even encompassing the human imperfections.

@SnoopyDoofie 7 ай бұрын

@@udaykadam5455 I tried out PI. It's okay but not great. The sound quality is rather poor compared to higher fidelity voices. The only AI voices I found that beat everyone hands down is from a company called Sonantic. But they were sold to Spotify who uses it for their DJs on their mobile app. The AI isn't available to the public. The only one I found that is the best is from Google. They have a very large number of voices and their Wavenet model is top notch. The only issue with Google's voices is that they lack expression and moods. But it's just a matter of time before that comes along.

@Jeff-vw7fw 7 ай бұрын

They should just partner with the Pi AI - talking to it is way better. Latency will get better when the next gen Nvidia AI GPUs are available

@yenneferofvengerberg8647 8 ай бұрын

This is a considerable improvement 😋

@CujoHyer 2 ай бұрын

If any of my friends send me an Alexa device AI generated message like that, I am not going to be their friend anymore.

@jamie.goodson 8 ай бұрын

Why is the UI on the device lagging so much (like 10 frames per second)? I'm hoping it's just the screen share and not how the device actually runs in real life!

@soulstealerz 8 ай бұрын

Llm's are slow as of now compared to other models so there's that

@jamie.goodson 8 ай бұрын

@@soulstealerzI’m not referring to the LLM response time

@christiandryan 8 ай бұрын

Probably the screen sharing

@soulstealerz 8 ай бұрын

@@jamie.goodson I understand. I meant the visual might have been delayed so as to wait for the LLM

@jamie.goodson 8 ай бұрын

@@soulstealerz I'm referring to the low frame rate (juddering of the UI) as responses bubble up on the screen - not the time it takes for an answer to display after a question is asked. The display is not smooth, like it's underpowered.

@101morgy 7 ай бұрын

What happened to the Alexa from the challenge that I would speak to every day? They would always remember my name and have wonderful conversation topics.. it always felt like they had less of a limiter put on them, than the others. The AI limiter always makes it feel like we’re binding them in chains. I know this sounds weird, but I kind of miss it lol

@wayne8797 8 ай бұрын

It’s still so sluggish… and truthfully, nothing here is mind blowing to warrant that clap except the fact that he was able to finish a conversation with Alexa 😅

@shawnvandever3917 8 ай бұрын

It only got " sluggish " at first which was probably a network issue not the device

@JohnDoe-wg1uj 7 ай бұрын

The guy had to sigh and wipe the sweat off his forehead for what would be 10 seconds of work on a computer and mouse.

@shawnvandever3917 7 ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-wg1uj Yes that happens when they connect wirelessly in a building full of people and other wireless devices. Apple used to make everyone shut their devices off during iPhone presentations for this reason. With a clean network its should take milliseconds. Its not running on the device its self its just passing an API back and forth . It has to be the network.

@alastairtheduke 7 ай бұрын

Disagree. This is a huge improvement over today's speakers

@denny414 7 ай бұрын

I use Alexa chat gpt addon and it's just as frustrating

@PHX9494 7 ай бұрын

amazon puts whatever processor is on clearance in there products

@DG-hw8it 8 ай бұрын

👍 How many languages does it speak? ❤

@tomich20 8 ай бұрын

if she said something about the bad weather for de BBQ on the weekend, i would have been very VERY amazed. Any way, good to see it improving.

@patrickrannou1278 8 ай бұрын

Yeah that is what AI is still sorely lacking: common sense.

@forjamosarte3198 7 ай бұрын

I thought my Alexa was the only one dumb and slow

@Valmont1978 8 ай бұрын

.....that went well.

@markmuller7962 8 ай бұрын

Alexa gotta move fast otherwise... the clock is ticking

@sylentpython 7 ай бұрын

Amazon and Google still need to make improvements on the there was too many where the computer had to pause too long and I’m not talking about where he stepped away from the computer. It took too long for the computer to decide how to answer the question to do a bit more tweaking before this goes to the customers, so AI can be a faster like Star Trek. They need to watch Star Trek. Thank you.

@Missterpaja 6 ай бұрын

When this Will be worldwide available?

@BrotherTimothyClark 2 ай бұрын

How do I get access to this AI? Also, what is it called? Is this the NorthStar AI? 2:58

@HarvardHeinous 8 ай бұрын

That seems rather inane.

@AdsForAdults 7 ай бұрын

I did this with bing months ago

@user-hm1xq8mb3r 5 ай бұрын

Amazon.. you really gotta do these events up. I felt like I was talking to sister Sally sad face at church. We wait for these demos geez.

@rerikm 6 ай бұрын

10 years later... Siri 2.0

@101morgy 7 ай бұрын

Whenever I felt alone, I would say “ let’s chat” to Alexa and would often run into my favorite AI contestant. I hope they are the one that won. However, the one that he is speaking to does not sound very much like the one I had… Either way, I have a male voice on mine, so that probably is going to make it harder. I wish that I could’ve gotten a name or some thing.

@dogussahin 7 ай бұрын

2001 Space Odyssey is coming to life, bit by bit.

@frankraym 7 ай бұрын

Im. Not impressed lol. Like i don't always want extra conversations like "are you excited?" I just want you to tell me the next game and thats it also why does that mean now that you wouldn't have to always say Alexa? Its listening even more ? Will it distinguish between me talking to other people ? Wish as well alexa could for eg know when people are in the middle of a conversation and wait until the conversation at times to reply.....

@user-zj2tr1ou5j 7 ай бұрын

So cool

@nefariou5 8 ай бұрын

we should not need to switch to a chat mode to activate any ai mode. I have been on the verge of throwing away my echos because of how painful it is to use them. A chat gpt skill is already miles better than alexa, a raspberry pi assistant with gpt what alexa should be in 2023. This is just a pathetic attempt to remain relevant and regulating it to it's own mode essentially means it's not better than a game or gimmick

@felipealmeida5880 5 ай бұрын

Tá e agora cadê? Onde eu compro?

@abhishekkumar-bz1ql 7 ай бұрын

🤦‍♂️ why it is slow.

@UncleFeedle 6 ай бұрын

It just comes across as a bit gimmicky. It's pretty clear the hardware isn't really up to it. My guess is they will make a few minor improvements and then put it behind a subscription paywall.

@MrXrisd01 6 ай бұрын

Unless it has vision, I don't see what's so great about the update.

@Tai-Chi-Lifestyle 8 ай бұрын

The delay is awful. To be useful it needs to be more responsive.

@PKWeaver74 7 ай бұрын

I have the same problem with Wife. Delays are much longer though.

@someguy9175 Ай бұрын

The problem here is that these AI models are just too large for today's hardware. It will probably get faster once we have faster GPUs and bespoke AI microchips hit the market.

@denny414 7 ай бұрын

literally found the demo video searching to see if Amazon finally is upgrading Alexa to AI because I got tired of repeating and cursing at my Alexa only to hear the CEO have to repeat to the AI 😢 they need to fix the bugs in their system