{"id":65962,"date":"2019-01-23T11:21:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=65962"},"modified":"2019-01-23T11:21:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:21:43","slug":"amazon-has-10000-employees-dedicated-to-alexa-here-are-some-of-the-areas-theyre-working-on-hartmans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/01\/23\/amazon-has-10000-employees-dedicated-to-alexa-here-are-some-of-the-areas-theyre-working-on-hartmans\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon has 10,000 employees dedicated to Alexa \u2014 here are some of the areas they&#8217;re working on [Hartmans]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/what-amazons-10000-employees-working-on-alexa-are-doing-2019-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Amazon has 10,000 employees dedicated to Alexa \u2014 here are some of the areas they&#8217;re working on<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>&#8212; from businessinsider.com by Avery Hartmans<\/p>\n<p><em>Summary<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon&#8217;s vice president of Alexa, Steve Rabuchin, has confirmed that <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">yes, there really are 10,000 Amazon employees working on Alexa and the Echo.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Those employees are focused on things like <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">machine learning<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">making Alexa more knowledgeable.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Some employees are working on giving Alexa a personality, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/what-amazons-10000-employees-working-on-alexa-are-doing-2019-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65963\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Alexa-10000-employees-Jan2019-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Alexa-10000-employees-Jan2019-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Alexa-10000-employees-Jan2019-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Alexa-10000-employees-Jan2019-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Alexa-10000-employees-Jan2019.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">How might this trend impact learning spaces? For example,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I am interested in using voice to intuitively &#8220;drive&#8221; smart classroom control systems:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;Alexa, turn on the projector&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;Alexa, dim the lights by 50%&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;Alexa, open Canvas and launch my Constitutional Law I class&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has 10,000 employees dedicated to Alexa \u2014 here are some of the areas they&#8217;re working on\u00a0&#8212; from businessinsider.com by Avery Hartmans Summary (emphasis DSC): Amazon&#8217;s vice president of Alexa, Steve Rabuchin, has confirmed that yes, there really are 10,000 Amazon employees working on Alexa and the Echo. 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