Alexa voice control should weird us out, says Clive Thompson
q technology correspondent Clive Thompson shares his convenient, if disconcerting, experiences with using Amazon's Echo and Alexa voice control.
She's ready to help you. She's always listening. She's just waiting for you to call out her name.
Alexa, the voice control feature of Amazon's Echo, is a recent addition to Clive Thompson's home.
The q technology correspondent shares his convenient, if disconcerting, experiences with Alexa and what the increasing normalcy of "parasocial relationships" will mean for our culture.
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