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Alexa, where’s my Star Trek Computer?
Can Alexa boldly go any further?
I’m holding out hope for the dream of a highly capable ambient computer — an artificial intelligence that will help manage our lives and homes as seamlessly as Captain Picard ran the Starship Enterprise. Alexa has gained thousands of abilities over the last few years, but I still won’t rely on it to do anything more complicated than execute a command on a schedule, add milk to my shopping list, and maybe tell me if grapes are poisonous to chickens. Simple voice control made the Internet of Things accessible; it brought technology into the home without being locked behind a complicated computer interface or inside a personal device.
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