[nemothekid]

>I think you are missing the point that using LLMs to improve Alexa would certainly be hard, but it would have been massively worthwhile if it worked.

I really struggle to think how it would have worthwhile. My problem with smart speakers isn't that they aren't smart enough - it's that for anything slightly more complex, my phone has 100x better UX and information density. An Alexa LLM sounds cool in a sci-fi sort of way, but still feels like it would be useless.

[Aeolun]

Alexa could be your therapist? It’s always helpful to talk to your house when you are feeling alone.

“Alexa, be my friend and talk with me for a while, ok?”