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Thank you. I experienced the same feelings. It's interesting how eliminating the extra button press makes the technology not 20% more useful, but maybe 10x more useful (IMO).

There are constraints. For example, the Alexa service can't do dictation, so building certain types of applications doesn't make sense.

But, after experiencing the Echo, it's hard to imagine a future without this type of computing - where you speak a sentence and it maps to a function carried out on a server. It's a very natural and fun way to get things done.



I really find it creepy. Sounds like a possibility of total surveillance.




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