Episode 925 • • 1:04:27 - 1:08:42
925: Barry's Choice
No Agenda Amazon Echo Skill, Voice Assistant Demo Failure
Jake Lester developed a "No Agenda Skill" for the Amazon Echo, allowing users to stream the show or skip to specific segments via voice commands. Adam Curry attempts to demonstrate the skill live, but the device fails to recognize the "skip 33 minutes" command. The failure is used to illustrate the current limitations of natural language processing in AI.