Amazon debuted a new "Let's Chat" feature for Alexa, which allows for a more conversational interchange. A live demo showed how it works, sort of.
Amazon debuted a new "Let's Chat" feature for Alexa, which allows for a more conversational interchange. A live demo showed how it works, sort of.
I mean props to them for doing an actual live demo. Few companies doing that these days bc hiccups become instant memes. And also props for the comments being fair.
Lmao Classic Alexa. Got to say it twice
But other than that it was a terrific demo.
Lol Any Alexa owner felt that comment 😆 …We enjoy our Alexa though. …even though she is hard of hearing at times 😄
@@MrJwyne yes she is a little hard of hearing sometimes she's getting to be older like we all are LOL. But really it ended up as a good demo, sometimes when we think we are clear of what we said it doesn't always come out that way.
Lol true
The latency and and having to repeat questions is excruciating
The fact it straightened up, it was probably a network issue and not the actual device
Yep Skynet not quite there yet
Yeah, but only because he's talking to a female. Change Alexa to a male voice and he'll be responding without hesitation. lol
I literally found this video searching to see if Amazon finally is upgrading to Alexa because I got tired of repeating and cursing at my Alexa only to hear him have to repeat to the AI 😢 they need to fix the bugs in their system
Yes, but it's only a prototype. In five years or less, this will be like "Jarvis"
I do appreciate an actual live demo. I think Amazon is going to need to make a more powerful device to process language and shrink latency.
ChatGPT’s voice capability SMOKES this thing. Makes it look like a Model T compared to a Tesla.
Certainly an improvement in terms of its knowledge & engagement, but it's still very sluggish overall & hopefully they can improve that before release.
Even tough there was a couple hiccups its still a big improvement over regular alexa
If any of my friends send me an Alexa device AI generated message like that, I am not going to be their friend anymore.
Yeah alexa NEEDS THE BEST MICROPHONES
The brief wait before it answers every question makes it a bit awkward and unnatural. It’s like pretending to know when in reality for that brief time Alexa sneakily goes online and look up the answer. If your friend did that, you won’t like it very much.
This is a considerable improvement 😋
Why is the voice so robotic when we have amazing AI voices already...
Name an AI voice that is amazing? I have yet to find one, other than the DJ that Spotify uses in their app.
@@SnoopyDoofie The new British voice on Pi, really really realistic imo. Infinitely better than the one in this video.
No voice even comes close to bingchat
@@SnoopyDoofie there are like plenty examples of it on the YT. They are even accommodating for the imperfections like breathing, stutter etc. Also as the person in this thread has mentioned, the PI AI voice is good too. Personally I would like to have a distinction; so, I prefer the likes of PI AI voice over others that are even encompassing the human imperfections.
@@udaykadam5455 I tried out PI. It's okay but not great. The sound quality is rather poor compared to higher fidelity voices. The only AI voices I found that beat everyone hands down is from a company called Sonantic. But they were sold to Spotify who uses it for their DJs on their mobile app. The AI isn't available to the public. The only one I found that is the best is from Google. They have a very large number of voices and their Wavenet model is top notch. The only issue with Google's voices is that they lack expression and moods. But it's just a matter of time before that comes along.
They should just partner with the Pi AI - talking to it is way better. Latency will get better when the next gen Nvidia AI GPUs are available
Why is the UI on the device lagging so much (like 10 frames per second)? I'm hoping it's just the screen share and not how the device actually runs in real life!
Llm's are slow as of now compared to other models so there's that
@@soulstealerzI’m not referring to the LLM response time
Probably the screen sharing
@@jamie.goodson I understand. I meant the visual might have been delayed so as to wait for the LLM
@@soulstealerz I'm referring to the low frame rate (juddering of the UI) as responses bubble up on the screen - not the time it takes for an answer to display after a question is asked. The display is not smooth, like it's underpowered.
It’s still so sluggish… and truthfully, nothing here is mind blowing to warrant that clap except the fact that he was able to finish a conversation with Alexa 😅
It only got " sluggish " at first which was probably a network issue not the device
The guy had to sigh and wipe the sweat off his forehead for what would be 10 seconds of work on a computer and mouse.
@@JohnDoe-wg1uj Yes that happens when they connect wirelessly in a building full of people and other wireless devices. Apple used to make everyone shut their devices off during iPhone presentations for this reason. With a clean network its should take milliseconds. Its not running on the device its self its just passing an API back and forth . It has to be the network.
Disagree. This is a huge improvement over today's speakers
I use Alexa chat gpt addon and it's just as frustrating
amazon puts whatever processor is on clearance in there products
I thought my Alexa was the only one dumb and slow
👍 How many languages does it speak? ❤
if she said something about the bad weather for de BBQ on the weekend, i would have been very VERY amazed. Any way, good to see it improving.
Yeah that is what AI is still sorely lacking: common sense.
What happened to the Alexa from the challenge that I would speak to every day? They would always remember my name and have wonderful conversation topics.. it always felt like they had less of a limiter put on them, than the others. The AI limiter always makes it feel like we’re binding them in chains. I know this sounds weird, but I kind of miss it lol
Amazon.. you really gotta do these events up. I felt like I was talking to sister Sally sad face at church. We wait for these demos geez.
.....that went well.
When this Will be worldwide available?
Alexa gotta move fast otherwise... the clock is ticking
10 years later... Siri 2.0
So cool
Amazon and Google still need to make improvements on the there was too many where the computer had to pause too long and I’m not talking about where he stepped away from the computer. It took too long for the computer to decide how to answer the question to do a bit more tweaking before this goes to the customers, so AI can be a faster like Star Trek. They need to watch Star Trek. Thank you.
2001 Space Odyssey is coming to life, bit by bit.
I did this with bing months ago
That seems rather inane.
Whenever I felt alone, I would say “ let’s chat” to Alexa and would often run into my favorite AI contestant. I hope they are the one that won. However, the one that he is speaking to does not sound very much like the one I had… Either way, I have a male voice on mine, so that probably is going to make it harder. I wish that I could’ve gotten a name or some thing.
How do I get access to this AI? Also, what is it called? Is this the NorthStar AI? 2:58
The delay is awful. To be useful it needs to be more responsive.
I have the same problem with Wife. Delays are much longer though.
The problem here is that these AI models are just too large for today's hardware. It will probably get faster once we have faster GPUs and bespoke AI microchips hit the market.
🤦♂️ why it is slow.
Unless it has vision, I don't see what's so great about the update.
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It just comes across as a bit gimmicky. It's pretty clear the hardware isn't really up to it. My guess is they will make a few minor improvements and then put it behind a subscription paywall.
literally found the demo video searching to see if Amazon finally is upgrading Alexa to AI because I got tired of repeating and cursing at my Alexa only to hear the CEO have to repeat to the AI 😢 they need to fix the bugs in their system
Im. Not impressed lol. Like i don't always want extra conversations like "are you excited?" I just want you to tell me the next game and thats it also why does that mean now that you wouldn't have to always say Alexa? Its listening even more ? Will it distinguish between me talking to other people ? Wish as well alexa could for eg know when people are in the middle of a conversation and wait until the conversation at times to reply.....
we should not need to switch to a chat mode to activate any ai mode. I have been on the verge of throwing away my echos because of how painful it is to use them. A chat gpt skill is already miles better than alexa, a raspberry pi assistant with gpt what alexa should be in 2023. This is just a pathetic attempt to remain relevant and regulating it to it's own mode essentially means it's not better than a game or gimmick
2 years behind chat GPT 😂😂😂🤡
There's a chat gpt addon for Alexa and using it makes me want to throw Alexa out my window
Using chatgbt or any AI to write a text message to your buddy is just ridiculous
The most stupid device I ever bought… Alexa
in my opinion he is a fool. in fact he is talking with electrons and likes that. therapy in a mental hospital could help him.
Still sounds unnatural. Long way to go before you can't tell the difference between a human and AI.
Sports is entertainment for the ignorant. (sorry)
This is nothing new honestly.
I would immediately fire this entire Alexa team. This is garbage
Latency = awful. Microphone = as bad as before. Awful demo!
The Alexa get confused because of the speakers in this room
Alexa microphones are near perfect