Alexa isn’t the future of AI–it’s a glorified radio clock, and stupid otherwise

Alexa is basically a dumb, stubborn clock radio guised as artificial intelligence. But still, she plays Taylor Swift pretty damn well. Is this what you wanted, Amazon?

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