Amazon's Alexa knows what you forgot and can guess what you're thinking

Amazon says its AI voice assistant Alexa can now guess what you might be thinking of – or what you've forgotten. At an event in Seattle on Thursday, the technology company unveiled a new feature called Alexa Hunches that aims to replicate human curiosity and insight using artificial intelligence. "We've reached a point with deep neural networks and machine learning that we can actually program intuition," said Daniel Rausch, the vice-president in charge of Alexa's smart home features. Once it is activated later this year, Alexa Hunches will observe its owners' interactions with connected smart home devices like locks, lights and electricity outlets. When Alexa believes it has detected a regular pattern, such as turning off a television set before bed, the voice assistant will remind owners if they forget to do it, and offer to fix the problem.