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Amazon Echo - SNL

Saturday Night Live · comedy · Watch on YouTube

Satire & parodyStand-up & sketch comedyConsumer devices & gadgets

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

  1. “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”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: alexa, snl, voice assistants, seniors, satire

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