9 Best Articles in 2022
Chris Messina
Why Silicon Valley is all wrong about Amazon’s Echo Show
Chris Messina
~15 min read · · So you think Amazon is a tech company? No, you’re wrong · Shared by 287, including Brian Roemmele, Nir Eyal, Johannes Baeck, Simon Wüthrich, Thomas Power, Martin Recke, Andreas Von Gunten, Charlie O'Keefe, Eric Sinclair, Ilia Markov, Herbert Bay, Klaus Eck, Gideonro, Weiting Chen, Dominik Grolimund, Martin Hoffmann, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Jochen Burkhard, Andreas Stegmann
TechCrunch
Amazon’s Alexa passes 15,000 skills, up from 10,000 in February
TechCrunch
6 min read · · Amazon's Alexa voice platform has now passed 15,000 skills - the voice-powered apps that run on devices like the Echo speaker, Echo Dot, newer Echo Show and.. · Shared by 67, including Klaus Eck, Azeem Azhar, Thomas Power, Kris Fannin, Esther Schindler, Chris Messina, Johannes Lenz, Mark Kaigwa, Harpreet Singh, #bottish, Merkstatt
anatomyof.ai
Anatomy of an AI System
anatomyof.ai
Summary · 20+ min read · · Professors Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler have created a map that visualizes the many processes that make the Amazon Echo work. In this essay, which accompanies their map, they take you on a fascinating journey outlining the global networks of raw material, human labor and data behind today’s popular gadgets. · Shared by 280, including carlo zapponi 🐟, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Jer Thorp, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Dr. Anna Jobin, ThomNagy, Chris Messina, Andreas Von Gunten, Scott Williams, Javi Cantón, getAbstract, Brian Roemmele, Caroline Jarrett, Dominik Grolimund, von Moerenburgh, Mike Tamir, PhD, Daniel Boos, Marsha Collier, Victor Lee, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem
medium.com
Amazon Echo and Alexa really matter — Medium
medium.com
6 min read · · The Amazon Echo is the first smart consumer electronics product since the smartphone that’s poised to become a daily habit for millions. · Shared by 36, including Chikara Shimizu/清水力, David Smooke, Courtney Bolton ★, Klaus Eck, Dominic Grzbielok, Andrew Mutavdzija, Pete Skomoroch, Johannes Lenz
Quanta Magazine
The Uselessness of Useful Knowledge
Quanta Magazine
4 min read · · Today’s powerful but little-understood artificial intelligence breakthroughs echo past examples of unexpected scientific progress. · Shared by 367, including Pascal Sulser, A. FNIX Hill, Carla Gentry
Gizmodo
Don't Buy Anyone an Echo
Gizmodo
5 min read · · Three years ago, we said the Echo was “the most innovative device Amazon’s made in years.” That’s still true. But you shouldn’t buy one. You shouldn’t buy one for your family. You definitely should… · Shared by 75, including Chung Chen, Nils Hitze, Joseph Finder, Grégoire Japiot 🌻
Business Insider
The inside story of how Amazon created Echo, the next billion-dollar business no one saw coming
Business Insider
7 min read · · Amazon Echo is turning out to be a sleeper hit, but insiders say it’s anything but an overnight success story. · Shared by 59, including Nir Eyal, Weiting Chen, Kim Dik, Steve Parkinson, Sir Lord Travis Wright, Web3 Speaker
Bloomberg
The Real Story of How Amazon Built the Echo
Bloomberg
~13 min read · · The Amazon Echo started as part of a secret augmented-reality project and ended up as a surprise hit. · Shared by 52, including Klaus Eck
youtube.com
Amazon Echo - SNL
youtube.com
· The Amazon Echo Silver is specifically designed for the greatest generation (Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant). Get more... · Shared by 50, including Merkstatt, mary elisabeth, Hans Bickhofe, Layton Diament, Johannes Lenz, janfsauer, Gerd Leonhard, Niklaus Gerber, Brian Roemmele, Werner Vogels, Mark Suster
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The Conversation
It’s not just social media: Cable news has bigger effect on polarization
The Conversation
4 min read · · When it comes to echo chambers, TV trumps online. · Shared by 146, including Jeff Jarvis, Jennifer Ouellette, Digg
Brain Pickings
The Thing Itself: C.S. Lewis on What We Long for in Our Existential Longing
Brain Pickings
2 min read · · “…only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never visited.” · Shared by 145, including Charles Duhigg
Guardian politics
Leaked audio reveals Liz Truss said British workers needed ‘more graft’
Guardian politics
3 min read · · Exclusive: Tory leadership frontrunner suggested Britons lacked ‘skill and application’, in echo of ‘idlers’ row · Shared by 58, including Ray Monk, Caitlin Moran, Thom Brooks, emily bell, Thomas Power
TechCrunch
Amazon Alexa and Echo Auto can now call for roadside assistance
TechCrunch
2 min read · · Amazon introduced a service called Amazon Roadside Assistance, accessible from the Alexa app or via Echo Auto or other Echo devices. · Shared by 6
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The Verge
This beautiful map shows everything that powers an Amazon Echo, from data mines to lakes of lithium
The Verge
~12 min read · · Welcome to the ‘Anatomy of an AI System’ · Shared by 81, including Jakub Ferenc, Dominik Grolimund, Charlie Oliver, luis antónio santos
Backchannel
Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It
Backchannel
8 min read · · Amazon’s personal assistant is about to stretch beyond the Echo, and get downright chatty with everyone. · Shared by 162, including Chris Messina, Dominic Grzbielok, Nir Eyal, M.G. Siegler, Bertrand Maltaverne, Lukas Stickelberger, Werner Vogels, Pete Skomoroch, Inês Silva, Twitty, Jo Alchin, Gideonro, Leslie D, hiten.eth, Klaus Eck, Gerd Leonhard, Kim Dik, Niklaus Gerber, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Brian Roemmele
WIRED
What Amazon Echo and Google Home Do With Your Voice Data
WIRED
3 min read · · Like the idea of Amazon Echo and Google Home, but feel uneasy about all that recording? Here's what they listen to—and how to delete it. · Shared by 44, including Merkstatt, Sylvie Reinhard, Mara Averick, Jean-Patrick, Thomas Power, Glenn Oberholzer, Ralph Hutter, Education Architects
The Conversation
It’s not just social media: Cable news has bigger effect on polarization
The Conversation
4 min read · · When it comes to echo chambers, TV trumps online. · Shared by 146, including Jeff Jarvis, Jennifer Ouellette, Digg
howchoo.com
I turned a Furby into an Amazon Echo. Introducing: Furlexa
howchoo.com
10 min read · · I turned my Furby into an Amazon Echo using a Raspberry Pi Zero and Alexa Voice Service! I give you: Furlexa. · Shared by 45, including Esther Schindler, Mara Averick, Florian Hanke 🍎, Mark Kaigwa, Hans Bickhofe
TechCrunch
#deletefacebook
TechCrunch
7 min read · · Facebook is using us. It is actively giving away our information. It is creating an echo chamber in the name of connection. It surfaces the divisive and destroys the real reason we began using social media in the first place – human connection. It is a cancer. I’ve begun the slow proces… · Shared by 191, including Valiskster, Esther Schindler, Jörg Niggli, Kevin Kyburz, ErmanTaylan.eth, Shut Up and Create, Barnaby Skinner, swissmiss, Ryan Hulland, Martin Recke, Matthew Turland
youtube.com
Introducing Echo Show
youtube.com
· Echo Show – everything you love about Alexa, and now she can show you things. Watch video flash briefings and YouTube, control smart home devices like lights... · Shared by 26, including りょうはら たつひろ, Adam Tinworth, Klaus Eck, Thomas Power, Chris Messina, janfsauer
The Wall Street Journal
Amazon Says It Has Over 10,000 Employees Working on Alexa, Echo
The Wall Street Journal
3 min read · · Amazon.com has more than 10,000 employees working on its Alexa virtual assistant and the Echo devices it powers, the executive in charge of the business said Tuesday. · Shared by 31, including Dominic Grzbielok, Dominik Grolimund, Brian Roemmele, Tom Connor
github.com
tessalt/echo-chamber-js
github.com
· echo-chamber-js - Commenting without the comments · Shared by 48, including kp 🇺🇦, Joel Bez, Isabel Drost-Fromm, Christopher Möller, Alexandru Rosianu, SketchTalk, César Suárez
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