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Yes... when it does anything other than what I ask, it makes me feel like it's wasting my time. Alexa recently started responding with "Good afternoon! <the no
by RexM 3y ago
Yes... when it does anything other than what I ask, it makes me feel like it's wasting my time.
Alexa recently started responding with "Good afternoon! <the normal response>" and it irks me more than it probably should. I've looked to see if I can turn it off and can't find the option.
I don't need pleasantries from a machine.
- filedottsx 3y agoI got slightly irritated by the "Good afternoon!" message earlier today. Especially because I had already used Alexa a few times before it did that.
- ksjskskskkk 3y agogoal of assistants is to create a parasocial relation with your young kids so that advertisement is more effective. notice how young kids associate ok google with a way to install games and reach their YouTube videos. all those feature are for that end. you're not the target market. Good night!
- HenryBemis 3y agoCan you instruct it to "stop the greetings - go straight to the response"? Doesn't Alexa (yet) have some LLM behind it that will create a profile just for you?
- droopyEyelids 3y agoAlexa is basically a CLI where you use your voice instead of typing
- dockd 3y agoI get "good evening" but not the corresponding "good morning".
- bogomipz 3y agoWow, is it possible that algorithmically it has decided that you are not a morning person?
- mattbee 3y agoAs a Brit, when I bark "Alexa, set a timer for 5 minutes" and Alexa prefixes her reply with "Good evening <pause>", TO ME that sounds like a bitter correction-by-example to my abruptness. It's the sarcastic opposite of a pleasantry.
- droopyEyelids 3y agoWell put, and it makes sense in the usa context too.