Amazon Echo - SNL
What it is
A Saturday Night Live sketch for the Amazon Echo Silver, a smart speaker for the elderly, in which older users misunderstand Alexa. It parodies voice assistants.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN brings it up as a joke and as design inspiration for voice assistants for seniors.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2017, last 2022
What HN commenters said
“SNL did a great skit on this”
Sketch on older people using Alexa
bradbatt, 2018-01 · Recommendation · in “HomePod arrives February 9, available to order this Friday”
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Topics: alexa, snl, voice assistants, seniors, satire
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