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haele

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3. Audio commands imply the AI is listening to you...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 03:22 PM

Sunday

And that's why I like to limit any device to prompts, generally typed.
Not much I can do with the family Echo units, but I'm constantly having my spouse check his accounts to try to lock it to only go into listen mode with the prompt word instead of constant listen.
That's the rub.
F you Jeff Bezos

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AI companies trying to shift people from screens to audio commands is about control of you, not just convenience for you [View all] highplainsdem Sunday OP

The AI companies are also desperately trying to expand their market. Hugin Sunday #1

Agree that voice commands could expand the market. Curious about how it obfuscates hallucinations. Isn't highplainsdem Sunday #2

I haven't seen any... Hugin Sunday #4

Audio commands imply the AI is listening to you... haele Sunday #3

Nothing gets my hackles up like a corporation proclaiming the "convenience" of new misfeatures that I didn't ask for ... eppur_se_muova Sunday #5