Alexa, now what? - BBC Click

In the future will our smart speakers be able to tell us if we're ill? What about when we might die?
We're based at Amazon HQ in Seattle this week to check out the state of voice technology and where it may one day lead us.
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[@StaceKarussos]

You need a warning at the beginning of the video to mute any nearby Echo devices.

[@LuideMulumba]

You do realise you don't have to reupload just to change the title right?

[@groob33]

This sounds like a great new idea for Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos.

[@mitchishell]

Reupload?

[@faizanahmad8916]

BBC Click team I think you should appoint a skilled technical support.

[@dream.machine]

15:53 That looks like Marty McFly's home from 2015 in Back To The Future II

[@darkplataform]

I am more concern that the Reupload means that they cutdown some of the episode, I didn't get a chance to see it complete...... Can anyone confirm is the same video? or maybe it was censored?......

[@ianonline]

The BBC don’t do adverts, so why can’t you bleep the audio when someone says “Alexa”?!

[@GeoffreyEngelbrecht]

„I mean who‘d have thought in the middle of Seattle there‘d be a rainforest“ ;-) The Pacific Northwest is a rainforest. I love the British dry sense of humour.

[@faizanahmad8916]

You can also rename the previous video instead of uploading a new one.

[@cybersphere]

Maybe they're doing this for marketing purposes. With so many videos being produced, video views drop off rapidly as a video ages. Re-publishing the video exposes it to a whole new set of eyeballs. It also allows them to test the effectiveness of different titles.

[@faizanahmad8916]

I've already watched this episode.

[@TheForeignKing]

so you've never heard a song or watched a movie more than once/?

[@ijulesy]

why re-upload with a different title?

[@adamlyons4982]

I noticed that they didn't tell you about if you ask Alexa or any of them who else is listening to your conversation it will shut down.

[@HROM1908]

If you are so annoyed don't watch it at all. Picky, picky.

[@bigchieftomato]

13:18 seriously? you're not going to bleep the hot word? my speakers went bananas

[@peterpetrov6522]

No AI documentary is complete without Sophia the robot. Big tech corporations focus on enriching their board members; open source projects focus on the tech.

[@calebmatthews2026]

That voice analysis software is ridiculous. Someone's a charlatan. Total woo

[@daciamcv1026]

we are already being told what to watch by algorithms next we will do as we are told (like voting)?

[@altgene8372]

I want to right a book...can I use Alexa via voice dictation and feed words into print to be sent off for proof reading and finally create to book format?

[@altgene8372]

Thankyou for being Alexa for me!@Norm T

[@Manish-fm5iv]

Your content is great, no need for click bait titles. You are just insulting your real users, the ones that actually love your content and like being informed about new technological advancements. Please just title it for what it is, I am a busy person and I have missed a few shows because of the terrible titles, This video is about speach, just title it about speach!

[@cybersphere]

It's about both Alexa and the future of speech analysis. Amazon could easily buy all of the startups offering specialist speech recognition services.

[@Y2Kvids]

Can you bring Stephen Cole for once .

[@IntrospectAvionics]

not my homie velociraptor receptionist. anyone but!

[@mayurkrip]

Will Ferrell is making documentaries now!

[@PixelVogue]

Dejavu!!

[@RealSalica]

I don't believe in that , he's not even a doctor , come on !

[@danielshepel1151]

its called Data science honey

[@faizanahmad8916]

Plz don't make mistakes.

[@harrypatel3182]

Calm down, you narcissist

[@jesussaves7777]

death is real. Life is short. new tech won't make you happy. Jesus Christ is the Savior that gives eternal life needGod.com

[@AR-zm5mj]

BAL! Reupload! British Bokachoda council.

[@hynekboruvka8346]

First!

[@hglenn55]

That episode sucked...just sayin

[@nikeyacharya]

second :D