How do we put an end to this. Take a vote?
I say Alexa, Google, etc are not AI, not even close.
I still stand by my previous statement, AI is the ability to make a correct statement based on a question. The computer at the other end will need to analyze the question and come up with an answer. I have yet to see that with any of the offerings. Of cousre if you ask the right question... but ask a question that requires one second of thougt...
All I see is a bunch of pretty fancy, if - then - elseif - elseif - ...
Ask your favorite microphone why the chicken crossed the road. Remember, the intelligence is artificial. Mine said, there are so many chickens, they should carpool. That's not an answer worthy of an AI gold star, IMO.