Alexa has sneaked into millions of homes around the world, and the assistant is now an indispensable tool for all those who have been home automation little by little. But, What would happen if Alexa were paid? This is something that seems to be being considered at Amazon, however, it seems that it would be an additional version with more functions supported by artificial intelligence.
Alexa Plus, the payment assistant
Although she is smart and usually resolves the requests asked of her well, Alexa still has a lot of room for improvement, and the next level is to become an conversational assistant supported by artificial intelligence. Those seem to be Amazon's plans with his assistant, and for this it would create a subscription plan that will apparently be launched this year.
That is the information handled by sources close to the project, where they point out that the launch could be delayed due to a certain internal conflict. It would be something like a Supervitamined Alexa, but as mentioned, the internal results do not seem to be convincing, since sometimes inaccurate and erroneous data are returned.
Paying for an assistant who returns erroneous results is not exactly the best advertising campaign you could have, which is why delaying the possible June 30 release.
What would you be able to offer?
Basically the new assistant would have a more centralized internal structure and would be able to understand the language and respond and interact in more complex ways, which would allow for a much more personalized experience. In the end, the current Alexa is based on a language model supported by bases that always return the same results, which is why it doesn't know how to solve something when you try to advance the conversation.
Amazon is also said to be working on a new Alexa product that would be capable of running in a web browser, so this would fit us with the new assistant, since it would make a lot of sense for it to be integrated into the Amazon website and to be able to complete orders according to our requests and interests.
To pay or not to pay
But as surprising as it may seem, the debate over whether Alexa should be paid or not is within Amazon, and not in the public. Apparently, there is a side of the team that believes that charging for Alexa is out of place considering that it is already charged for services like Amazon Music, a service that the assistant itself uses to offer you music.
Source: Business Insider