Alexa is not your assistant, it's Amazon's!

· Bits and Bobs 4/21/25
  • Alexa is not your assistant, it's Amazon's!
    • Similarly, ChatGPT is not your assistant, it's OpenAI's.
    • When Claude makes an artifact, it feels like it made something for you.
      • You didn't make it, Claude did.
    • Software that says "you" in the interface is not yours; it is a tool offered by someone else for you.
    • Software that says "my" at least allows the mental model that the tool is yours.

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