I got one of these for work with my office decorating budget because I thought it would be cool to hack on it. Maybe even set it up to do silly dev-related tasks like "Alexa, how many users are active right now?" and "Alexa, comment 'looks good' on Janet's pull request."
What I found, though, was that it was a divisive product. 50% of the office thought it was neat, 40% didn't care, and 10% hated it with a surprising passion. Privacy concerns were brought up, but the biggest complaint was just that it was "creepy."
We ended up unplugging it and leaving it in a corner because it wasn't worth making people uncomfortable for a largely useless toy.
What I found, though, was that it was a divisive product. 50% of the office thought it was neat, 40% didn't care, and 10% hated it with a surprising passion. Privacy concerns were brought up, but the biggest complaint was just that it was "creepy."
We ended up unplugging it and leaving it in a corner because it wasn't worth making people uncomfortable for a largely useless toy.