The Rise of 'Smart' Assistants: A Double Edged Sword for Home Automation The latest update to Amazon's Alexa Plus assistant promises to revolutionize home automation, allowing users to issue more complex instructions and control their smart devices with greater ease.
However, beneath this technological advancement lies a more profound question: what does it mean to entrust our homes – and by extension, our lives – to an increasingly autonomous system?
As we continue to cede control to AI powered assistants like Alexa, we risk losing sight of the very things that make us human.