Putting Alexa to Work: Moving Conversational UI from Hype to Reality

If you are lost, you ask Siri for directions. No need to pick up the phone, there's a Domino's Pizza bot that will calm your grumbling stomach. Wondering if you need an umbrella before you leave the house? Ask Alexa about the weather (and if you don't have an umbrella, just ask Alexa to order you one). We are used to interacting with conversational agents in our personal lives, depending on them to execute the mundane tasks that we were required to do ourselves in the past.