Name: 停止使用人工智能語音助手 (Stop Using AI Voice Assistants)
Uploaded: 2025-09-22T16:03:46.000Z
Duration: 9 min 25 s

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現在進行式

It's probably what I'm gonna title this video, but I'm honestly not here to tell anybody what to do.

這可能是我要給這段視頻起的標題，但老實說，我不是來告訴別人該怎麼做的。

未來簡單式

I'm just gonna try to like give the information and then I'll probably save my opinion for the end.

我只想盡量提供資訊，然後把我的意見留到最後。

But I do wanna say that I did for a brief time work at Amazon and actually did work at Amazon Alexa.

但我想說的是，我曾在亞馬遜短暫工作過一段時間，而且確實在亞馬遜 Alexa 工作過。

And believe it or not, I actually worked in the privacy team.

信不信由你，其實我在隱私團隊工作過。

So I know a little bit about Amazon Alexa and all I can really say, I don't know what I'm allowed to say and what I'm not allowed to say, but working there definitely made me not want to use Alexa.

是以，我對亞馬遜 Alexa 稍知一二，我只能說，我不知道我可以說什麼，不可以說什麼，但在那裡工作絕對讓我不想使用 Alexa。

And that's not just because of Amazon, like the culture or whatnot, it's directly about the product and specifically like the privacy of the product.

這不僅僅是因為亞馬遜的文化或其他原因，而是直接與產品有關，特別是與產品的隱私有關。

But it looks like somebody got an email, dear Amazon Echo customer, we are reaching out to let you know that the Alexa feature do not send voice recordings that you enabled in your supported Echo devices will no longer be available beginning March 28th, 2025.

但似乎有人收到了這樣一封郵件：親愛的亞馬遜 Echo 客戶，我們想告訴您，您在支持的 Echo 設備中啟用的 Alexa 不發送語音記錄功能將於 2025 年 3 月 28 日停止使用。

This feature allowed compatible Echo devices to process the audio of Alexa requests locally on device.

該功能允許兼容的 Echo 設備在在地處理 Alexa 請求的音頻。

As we continue to expand Alexa's capabilities with generative AI features that rely on the processing power of Amazon Secure Cloud, we have decided to no longer support this feature.

由於我們將繼續利用依賴亞馬遜安全雲處理能力的生成式人工智能功能來擴展 Alexa 的功能，是以我們決定不再支持此功能。

Now, the way they worded this, there's a couple of different ways that like I kind of interpret it.

從他們的措辭來看，我有幾種不同的理解方式。

The first one, I'm sure many of you would agree is that they're kind of just saying that, hey, we want your data, we want to farm your data, we want to store it, we want to use it.

首先，我相信你們中的很多人都會同意，他們只是在說，嘿，我們想要你的數據，我們想養殖你的數據，我們想存儲它，我們想使用它。

And I think that's obvious, obviously like they want as much data as possible.

我認為這是顯而易見的，顯然他們想要儘可能多的數據。

But I think to play devil's advocate for a bit, another way to interpret it, and I don't know like the entire details, but the alternative thing would be that to process an individual request, because this email seems to be specifically about Echo devices, but not all Alexa devices are Echo devices.

但我認為，如果要玩一下 "魔鬼代言人 "的遊戲，還可以用另一種方式來解釋，我不知道全部細節，但另一種方式就是處理個人請求，因為這封郵件似乎是專門針對 Echo 設備的，但並不是所有的 Alexa 設備都是 Echo 設備。

So why would they send an email only about a specific advice and say that since we need more to actually process a request that needs to be sent to Amazon's backend, and it can't happen on device.

那麼，他們為什麼只發送一封關於特定建議的郵件，並說由於我們需要更多時間來實際處理需要發送到亞馬遜後臺的請求，而這不可能在設備上實現。

So it's not necessarily true that they're going to be storing every single request, but let's get at least a little bit more context before we jump to any conclusions.

是以，他們並不一定會存儲每一個請求，但在下結論之前，我們至少要多瞭解一點背景情況。

There's not a lot of news on this just yet.

I think the best that I could find was this Verge article.

我能找到的最好的文章是 Verge 的這篇文章。

So just like skimming through this for like the main points, it seems that, and part of it seems to be the fact that Amazon is going to be launching a generative AI powered Alexa.

是以，就像略讀這篇文章的要點一樣，似乎亞馬遜將推出一個由人工智能驅動的 Alexa，這似乎是其中的一部分。

The original Amazon Alexa was just very sort of obsolete, if you could imagine that, like they invested billions of dollars into that, and it was just completely obsoleted by LLMs, which is another reason that Alexa is just not the most like well-run part of Amazon.

亞馬遜最初的 Alexa 非常過時，如果你能想象的話，他們為此投入了數十億美元，結果卻被 LLM 完全淘汰，這也是 Alexa 不是亞馬遜營運良好的一部分的另一個原因。

And it looks like we get the full message here.

看來我們在這裡得到了完整的資訊。

So just picking up after like the first paragraph that we already read, the second one is, if you do not take action, your Alexa device will automatically be updated.

所以，在我們讀完第一段之後，我們再接著讀第二段，如果你不採取行動，你的 Alexa 設備就會自動更新。

So starting March 28th, your voice recordings will be sent and processed in the cloud, and they will be deleted after Alexa processes your requests.

是以，從 3 月 28 日開始，您的語音記錄將在雲端發送和處理，並在 Alexa 處理完您的請求後刪除。

Okay, so to get the full context, and this is kind of why you have to be careful.

好了，為了全面瞭解情況，這也是你必須小心謹慎的原因。

As much as I, you know, I'm not a fan of Alexa, even I have to kind of step back for a little bit because it seems like that Reddit post was kind of like, part of it was to rage bait, and that's kind of what social media is about.

雖然我不是 Alexa 的粉絲，但我也不得不退後一步，因為 Reddit 上的那個帖子有點像憤怒的誘餌，而這正是社交媒體的本質所在。

I mean, most people don't really care about the truth.

我是說，大多數人並不關心真相。

They just want to get as many impressions or upvotes or whatever as possible.

他們只想獲得儘可能多的印象分、上票數或其他東西。

I try not to do that, even though on YouTube, it's kind of the same way.

我儘量不這麼做，儘管在 YouTube 上也是這樣。

Every time I make a video talking about some random crap, it does well, and all I have to do is just be sensational about it, but I try not to do that.

每次我製作一個視頻，談論一些亂七八糟的東西，效果都很好，我所要做的就是譁眾取寵，但我儘量不這麼做。

But, and that's, this is a reason why you shouldn't, because the context does matter.

但是，這就是為什麼你不應該這樣做的原因，因為語境確實很重要。

Whether this matters to you or not, like this second paragraph, you shouldn't just not include it when you're making a screenshot post, but it looks like any previous saved voice recordings will also be deleted.

無論這對你來說是否重要，就像第二段所說的那樣，你在發佈截圖時不應該只是不包含它，但看起來以前保存的任何語音錄音也會被刪除。

If your voice recording setting is updated to don't save recordings, voice ID will not work, and you will not be able to create voice IDs, blah, blah, blah.

如果您的語音錄製設置更新為不保存錄音，語音 ID 將無法使用，您也無法創建語音 ID，等等等等。

So it does sound like it's not as bad as it initially seemed.

是以，聽起來情況並不像最初看起來那麼糟糕。

And it makes sense, because I believe that the do not send feature, that has to be manually enabled.

這很合理，因為我相信 "不發送 "功能必須手動啟用。

You have to specifically select that as a user.

You have to go into the settings and do that.

And so I would guess that a very small percentage of people did that.

是以，我猜只有極少數人這麼做。

So why would Amazon care so much about just collecting like 1% extra data?

那麼，為什麼亞馬遜會如此在意僅僅收集 1% 的額外數據呢？

I don't think they care that much about that.

So this does seem like it's mostly related to the generative AI side, but here's my humble opinion.

是以，這似乎主要與生成式人工智能方面有關，但以下是我的拙見。

這真的會讓你的生活更美好嗎？

I mean, in some cases, obviously yes, when it comes to accessibility, you can understand how a voice assistant would be better than typing something or searching a different way.

我的意思是，在某些情況下，顯然是的，當涉及到無障礙問題時，你可以理解語音助手會比打字或以其他方式搜索更好。

But here's kind of my like 60 second opinion.

I believe almost everything just boils down to habits anyway.

我相信，無論如何，幾乎所有事情都可以歸結為習慣。

When it comes to assessing the value of something or assessing whether something makes your life better or makes you happier or something like that, most of the time, things really don't make a difference.

說到評估某樣東西的價值，或者評估某樣東西是否能讓你的生活更美好，或者讓你更快樂，或者諸如此類的東西，大多數時候，這些東西真的沒有什麼區別。

為什麼 Netflix 要花這麼長時間才能發展壯大？

In most ways, it's obvious that it's a better product than like legacy television.

在大多數方面，它顯然是比傳統電視更好的產品。

You don't have to sit through commercials, you can choose what you wanna watch.

你不必看廣告，可以選擇想看的內容。

Part of the reason, the biggest reason is just habits.

部分原因，最大的原因就是習慣。

It takes a long time for people to switch from doing one thing to another.

人們從做一件事轉向做另一件事需要很長時間。

And that's what I think is gonna be the same thing when it comes to AI stuff.

我認為在人工智能領域也是如此。

Because when you're looking at cloud computing, for example, same kind of thing.

例如，在雲計算領域也是如此。

It takes a long time for people's habits to slowly change, even when you have sort of something that is definitively better in certain ways, at least.

人們的習慣需要很長時間才能慢慢改變，即使你有了某種至少在某些方面確實更好的東西。

It's a lot quicker to build applications, generally speaking, using the cloud.

一般來說，使用雲構建應用程序要快得多。

But there are very significant side effects.

And this is the thing that nobody talks about.

大型科技公司從不談論這個問題。

There's side effects to cloud computing, obviously that we know of, that's like vendor lock-in.

據我們所知，雲計算顯然有副作用，比如鎖定供應商。

And software engineers, rightfully so, always kind of call that thing out.

而軟件工程師們，理所當然地，總是會把這種事情說出來。

Whenever they see it, they say, hey, this has the potential to be abused.

每當他們看到它，就會說，嘿，這有可能被濫用。

But people don't really talk about it outside of software engineering as much.

但在軟件工程領域之外，人們很少談論這個問題。

Do smartphones and social media in general actually make our life better?

智能手機和社交媒體真的能讓我們的生活更美好嗎？

We can talk to anybody, anywhere in the world, whenever we want.

我們可以隨時隨地與世界上任何地方的任何人通話。

It's very, very powerful to have a phone and to have like AI assistance and all of that baked into the phone.

擁有一部手機，並將人工智能輔助和所有這些功能嵌入手機中，這是非常非常強大的。

Over the last 10, 20 years, people have started to catch on.

在過去的 10 年、20 年裡，人們開始意識到這一點。

There's very, very significant side effects to this.

And it's in many ways, not actually making you happier.

而且在很多方面，它實際上並沒有讓你更快樂。

So what big tech is trying to do, I'm going over my 60 second time limit, but in my opinion, what big tech is trying to do is just slowly change people's habits, get you hooked on that drug that they're trying to sell.

我已經超過了 60 秒的時間限制，但在我看來，大型科技公司想要做的就是慢慢改變人們的習慣，讓你迷上他們想要推銷的藥物。

Why do you need to walk into a room and flip a light switch?

為什麼需要走進房間，然後打開電燈開關？

Why don't you just clap your hands and Alexa will turn on the lights for you?

為什麼不拍拍手，Alexa 就會幫你開燈呢？

I mean, sure, that's kind of cool at first.

我的意思是，當然，一開始是有點酷。

It's cool to be able to respond to a text message using your voice as you're driving.

在駕駛過程中用語音回覆簡訊，感覺很酷。

And sometimes that can even be necessary, but I humbly don't believe it's actually making people's lives that much better.

有時，這樣做甚至是必要的，但我不認為這樣做能讓人們的生活變得更好。

The concept of buying things online with Amazon retail, yes, in some ways that does improve people's quality of life.

亞馬遜零售的網購概念，是的，在某些方面確實提高了人們的生活品質。

你可以訂購以前訂購不到的東西。

You have access to products at lower prices than you did not have before.

您能以比以前更低的價格獲得產品。

But for the most part, I think 90% of the things that people buy on Amazon, it's not actually stuff that they need.

但在大多數情況下，我認為人們在亞馬遜上購買的 90% 的東西，實際上並不是他們需要的東西。

It's kind of just a binge purchasing and doing things out of habit.

這只是一種出於習慣的狂購和行為。

They get addicted and then their habits change.

And then instead of doing things this way, now they do it the other way.

然後，他們就不這麼做了，而是反其道而行之。

And it's hard to go back to doing things the other way.

And that's pretty much the whole thesis of big tech.

這幾乎就是大科技的全部論點。

Everybody's addicted to their smartphones.

每個人都沉迷於自己的智能手機。

You got to buy an Apple phone, an Android phone.

You got to use Facebook or Instagram or some social media.

你必須使用 Facebook、Instagram 或其他社交媒體。

You got to use Google Maps, got to search, got to buy things on Amazon, got to use the cloud, got to use all the voice assistants, got to have a smart home so that every single thing is electronic.

你要使用谷歌地圖，要搜索，要在亞馬遜上買東西，要使用雲，要使用所有的語音助手，要有一個智能家居，這樣所有的東西都是電子化的。

And I don't think anybody's life is that much better.

我不認為任何人的生活會好到哪裡去。

And you can kind of tell that I believe what I'm saying, whether you agree with me or not.

無論你是否同意我的觀點，你都能看出我相信我所說的話。