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Alexa’s Fire TV search has a new AI, but it needs some work
“Alexa, show me something good to watch.”
At launch, it’s capable of finding content based on things like topic, genre, plot points, actors, and quotes thanks to being trained on data from services like IMDb. When Daniel Rausch, VP of Alexa and Fire TV, demoed the search function onstage at Amazon’s fall event last year, that’s literally what he promised, saying using the feature is “like speaking to a great friend who’s also the world’s best video store clerk.” Its first suggestion was Miss Marple(a classic British detective show that I do actually love, but is very old), but its second and third options were The Curious Female and Super Vixens, which not only appear to be ’70s soft-core porn but have very poor ratings on IMDB.
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