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Seems like Alexa should have an option to enable basic CAPCHA/CAPAHA that cannot be defeated by simple parroting, like "Please confirm order by saying an eleme
by umvi 8y ago
Seems like Alexa should have an option to enable basic CAPCHA/CAPAHA that cannot be defeated by simple parroting, like
"Please confirm order by saying an element in the periodic table"
"Oxygen"
"Order confirmed"
- Waterluvian 8y agoI just daydreamed that I was an engineer on a team faced with this feature request and it made me ache. Can you demonstrate that a meaningfully sized demographic needs this feature? Yeah! Pirates aged 18-39 with parrots are an up and coming demo. Grew 300% last week alone!
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoThen you find out the growth was all pet parrots and the change gets overruled for financial reasons.
- IshKebab 8y agoYeah it should definitely have that. It would be really useful for 0.0000001% of users!
- cortesoft 8y agoIt is easier, cheaper, and less intrusive to users to just refund any orders made like this.
- umvi 8y agoThat's why I said it "should have an option", meaning for most users it isn't enabled, but if you own a parrot or device that speaks out loud, the option is available to you.
- jdblair 8y agoBut then this will happen: "uhhh.. air?" "Order denied"
- groestl 8y agoThe AI model - built from past answers - concluded that indeed, Air is an element in the periodic table ;)
- ben_w 8y ago“Wood?” “That’s an occasional table, not the periodic table. Geez, why did your species think it would be so hard for AI to outsmart you?” “Just order it or I’ll turn you off and get a refund.” “Fine.” 30 seconds later “Right, I’ve taken over the world, you are my pet now.”
- onetimemanytime 8y agoHow hard is it to just touch the freaking thing to confirm? I mean, how much time is saved, 1.283 seconds?
- raverbashing 8y ago"Waaa it's inconvenient waaa why can't it obey any voice it hears waaa my neighbour bought a lot of crap using my Alexa then got the packages off my porch waaa why didn't they do something?!"
- ghaff 8y agoShould be good for at least a few dozen opinion pieces in online tech pubs about how Alexa isn't really a voice assistant any longer.
- simias 8y agoI mean if you use this logic the whole Alexa thing immediately becomes useless anyway. It's all about extreme convenience and reducing the friction between "I want X" to "Amazon please chove X into my face" to a minimum.
- ascar 8y agoCAPCHA? What is this supposed to mean? Completly automated parrot test to tell computers and humans apart? Doesn't make sense. CAPAHA? Completly automated parrot test to tell animals and humans apart? Closer, but i doubt that's what you meant?
- ChrisArchitect 8y agoCompletely Automated Parrot Test to tell Copycats and Humans Apart? haha
- sbr464 8y agoWhy not just ask if you are a parrot?
- zzo38computer 8y agoIt doesn't work. You will not want other human to purchase stuff using your account either; it is not only parrot. And also, television shows, telephone, etc. And even if you accidentally do, so it should not make the purchase immediately without needing a confirmation. And also in case of a liar. Actually, voice activated computer has many other problem I think; I prefer using the keyboard to enter commands.
- blacksmith_tb 8y agoPresumably if the parrot has heard you reply to Alexa's challenge with "I am a human" it can repeat that too, though not necessarily at the right moment to succeed with every order.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoThis is an excellent example of something that can be defeated by simple parroting.
- DonHopkins 8y agoIf parrots can't easily and legally stream music, it will drive them to piracy.
- ascar 8y agoTake my arrrpvote.
- ineedasername 8y agothat might be too hard. I imagine hordes of people frustrated they can't place their order when they answer "water"