Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.
Realistic
Batteries. It's holding back a LOT of things. A lot of technologies are solved, but just require power.
Semi-Realistic
Room Temperature Super-Conductor.
If that can be solved, the power density and efficiencies would just be astronomical....
It would absolutely destroy multi-billion industries overnight.
Way-Out-There-Stuff
If they ever prove out an actual functional EmDrive-like thruster, that would absolutely open up space travel to our species.
Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp ( www.reuters.com )
Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.
Kbin.social down again? Are people moving to mbin instances (kbin.run, fedia.io)? ( kbin.social )
Link to a list of mbin instances: https://fedidb.org/software/mbin
What's something weird and mostly useless that you can do with your body?
" I think your fake eyelashes are messing up " Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jasmine Crockett argue ( m.youtube.com )
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance ( www.youtube.com )
‘Happy Gilmore’ is getting a sequel, Netflix announces ( www.cnn.com )
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What's a candy that's practically crack for you?
Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly ( www.newsweek.com )
Why is Lemmy obsessed with the word "enshittification"?
I see it referenced constantly here, not quite as much on Reddit....
Other than AI, what technology are you excited about?
For me it’s quantum computing - especially considering its impact on most current encryption methods