Normally I’m not one to make a big deal about overly-intrusive AI. Google putting AI summary at the top of the search order? Meh, sometimes a useful synopsis, sometimes just something to scroll past along with sponsored results. Copilot putting up little notifications encouraging me to use AI? Annoying, but you can click the X or just ignore them. Amazon took it a step further, and this one grinds my gears. My Echo Show 8 started plugging Alexa+ at the end of responses or on the screen a couple months ago, and it was a few weeks before the advertising confirmed my suspicion that it was an AI platform. Whatever, I didn’t want it enough to opt in and ignored the advertising. Then it integrated the AI without an opt-in. Again, I rolled my eyes at the slightly more talkative software. It was slightly better at getting my song requests right so I didn’t mind. Here’s the line in the sand for me. You know how ChatGPT is known for asking questions at the end of responses to prompt more user feedback? My Echo cues up the mic after it responds to instructions. Play a playlist, add an item to the shopping list, read the day’s weather? The echo responds, then turns on the mic again. I’ve yelled at it to shut up or stop prompting for more input and it just gives a snarky response. I’m not one to say “oh my god they’re spying on you,” but this is REALLY intrusive. To me, this is AI overreach. submitted by /u/DrunkenBandit1 [link] [comments]