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Is It Weird to Be Nice to Alexa?

Is It Weird to Be Nice to Alexa?

Plus, we show the oboe some respect.

Every Little Thing

March 16, 202025m 31s

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Show Notes

Listener Elizabeth always says “please” and “thank you” to her Google voice assistant, and her husband says she’s weird. ELT talks to former Alexa insider Daren Gill and expert in human-robot interactions Leila Takayama to find out just how weird Elizabeth is. Plus, we right a #noboe wrong. Thanks to caller Elizabeth. Guests: Daren Gill, director of product at Spotify; human-robot interaction researcher Leila Takayama; oboe player Marcus Phillips.

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