{"id":18797,"date":"2017-09-21T18:19:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T10:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/make-it-so-alexa-amazon-adds-a-few-new-star-trek-skills-to-ai-assistants-repertoire\/"},"modified":"2017-09-21T18:19:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T10:19:54","slug":"make-it-so-alexa-amazon-adds-a-few-new-star-trek-skills-to-ai-assistants-repertoire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/make-it-so-alexa-amazon-adds-a-few-new-star-trek-skills-to-ai-assistants-repertoire\/","title":{"rendered":"Make it so, Alexa: Amazon adds a few new Star Trek skills to AI assistant\u2019s repertoire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full-width wp-image-261111\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bezos-2-630x545.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"545\"><\/p>\n<p>Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has said the Alexa voice-activated AI assistant was inspired by the talking computer on \u201cStar Trek,\u201d so it only makes sense that Alexa is saluting the latest incarnation of the Star Trek saga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStar Trek: Discovery\u201d premieres Sunday on CBS All Access, and in the show\u2019s honor, Amazon has added a few tricks that Echo, Dot and other Alexa-enabled devices can show off.<\/p>\n<p>If you say \u201cAlexa, damage report,\u201d you\u2019ll get a quick update on the weather and offbeat news, with a quirky signoff.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the dominant life form on the planet Phylos? To test your knowledge of Star Trek trivia, say \u201cAlexa, open Star Trek.\u201d (Yours truly got three out of three.)<\/p>\n<p>To add some Trek sound effects to your humdrum life, say \u201cAlexa, red alert!\u2019 \u2026 \u201cAlexa, beam me up!\u201d \u2026 or \u201cAlexa, fire photon torpedoes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The weird, wonderful world of Alexa easter eggs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N5RaBtt-O0Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few other tricks to try:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cSpeak Klingon.\u201d (Today\u2019s phrase is \u201c\u2018IwlIj jachjaj! That\u2019s a Klingon toast: \u2018May your blood scream.&#8217;\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat would Scotty say?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRevenge is a dish best served cold.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat is your mission?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cState Starfleet rank and class.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat would McCoy say?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDo you trust Klingons?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you really want to Trek out, you can dispense with \u201cAlexa\u201d and go with \u201cComputer\u201d as the wake word for your Echo, preferably spoken in a commanding Captain Kirk tone of voice.<\/p>\n<p>And for the ultimate mashup of Amazon and Star Trek, fire up \u201cStar Trek Beyond\u201d on Amazon Prime video and watch for Bezos\u2019 cameo appearance as an alien Starfleet official. The world\u2019s richest Star Trek actor delivers his only line&nbsp;\u2014 \u201cSpeak normally\u201d&nbsp;\u2014 at the 13:12 mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has said the Alexa voice-activated AI assistant was inspired by the talking computer on \u201cStar Trek,\u201d so it only makes sense that Alexa is saluting the latest incarnation of the Star Trek saga. \u201cStar Trek: Discovery\u201d premieres Sunday on CBS All Access, and in the show\u2019s honor, Amazon has added a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4682,275,5043,21,4631,5323,4551],"class_list":["post-18797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-alexa","tag-amazon","tag-geek-life","tag-space","tag-star-trek","tag-star-trek-discovery","tag-television"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}