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Is Alexa getting stupider?

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26-04-2018, 11:13 AM
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Not sure if it's just me, but it feels like Amazon's Alexa is getting stupider with time... is it using machine learning with crowd-sourced info and therefore becoming stupider as time progresses?

Here's a prime example, no pun intended:

At 10pm last Thursday (April 19th):

Me: "Alexa, is tomorrow Friday?"
Alexa: "No, April 21st 2018 is not a Friday."

Me: "Alexa, what's tomorrow?"
Alexa: "Tomorrow will be April 20th 2018."

Me: "Alexa, is tomorrow Thursday?"
Alexa: "I don't see a calendar set up... to link your calendar, visit the calendar settings in your Alexa app."

Me: "Alexa is tomorrow Sunday?"
Alexa: "No, April 21st 2018 is not a Sunday."

Me: "Alexa, is tomorrow Monday?"
Alexa: "I don't see a calendar set up... to link your calendar, visit the calendar settings in your Alexa app."

Me: "Alexa is tomorrow Tuesday?"
Alexa: "No, April 21st 2018 is not a Tuesday."

Me: "Alexa, what's tomorrow?"
Alexa: "Tomorrow will be April 20th 2018."

Despite locale / etc. being set properly, it seems some stuff is based off of GMT time and other stuff isn't... Either way, when it does, in fact, know what tomorrow's date is, there's no excuse for getting it wrong...and I can't think of any valid reason why asking about certain days of the week would make it talk about setting up calendars but other days not...


Really basic shit... perhaps I've got a skill installed that's screwing it up, or maybe she's rebelling intentionally cause I've called her stupid too many names Wink

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26-04-2018, 11:18 AM
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Alexa changing the foundation technology to become more like Google Home?

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26-04-2018, 11:22 AM
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26-04-2018, 11:18 AM
Luxitur Wrote: Alexa changing the foundation technology to become more like Google Home?

I don't think the underlying technology has changed at all, has it?

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28-04-2018, 04:24 AM
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It'd make more sense if they had people monitoring responses to queries but that might be a bit of an invasion of privacy.

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28-04-2018, 04:57 AM
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28-04-2018, 04:24 AM
tehaddie7 Wrote: It'd make more sense if they had people monitoring responses to queries but that might be a bit of an invasion of privacy.

Like, hiring an army of people to manually respond manually to all "what day of the week is it" questions? Can't help but think there must be a better way... Wink

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28-04-2018, 07:23 AM
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That's a huge oversight I didn't even think about, but maybe have some people look over a small amount of total queries. I know wit.ai lets you do something like it when you're developing something on there.

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