u/Whorticulturist_

Brief mode is already enabled. Here's a conversation I just had. My interactions with her all have this same theme these days.

alexa what's the current temperature?

> it's currently 50°. I'll also tell you the day's high and the low, expected precipitation and the local beach hazard statement. A 30 second string of words when you only wanted a number.

Alexa what's the temperature? Give me only the temperature nothing else

> It's currently 50°

great. Going forward whenever I ask for the current temperature, I want you to give me the temperature only. Do not give me any more weather details unless I specifically ask for it

> I understand, I'll be sure to keep my responses brief from now on unless you ask for more details.

great. Alexa what's the current temperature?

> it's currently 50° and here's the high and low, expected precipitation and the local beach hazard statement...

Like wtf. I have to be so deliberate with my words to get her to work the way I expect. Alexa+ made it much worse. How does already dumb software get even dumber when genai is in the picture?

Over the years I have amassed the ashes of 4 pets now, 3 of which were large dogs and 1 a cat. So in total it's a large volume of ashes. Each time I swear I'll do something with the ashes but I don't know what to do with them. At this point I have a cabinet we call the graveyard that we never open because it's too sad.

My current dog is sadly nearing her end and I really don't want to just add her to my sad stack of boxes. I would love to do something with all of them this summer but I just don't know what.

I live in the Midwest. Large city, no yard. I'm willing to travel anywhere in the US with them. Any suggestions?