Truly a horrible idea.https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1148703403050250240 …
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You get less information density on the return path. You also have a more brittle interface. Try replacing your Spotify discovery by using the Alexa skill rather than the app... and the Spotify app isn’t brilliant in any case.
The case I just tried was "Alexa how do I treat a migraine?". You get Alexa responding by reading the section on the NHS website, fully credited to the NHS website. This seems pretty uncontroversial to me.
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Two issues: 1. We don’t know that is what people will ask, rather than ask more complex questions. See the challenges Babylon has had with its automated triage system 2. This is health data being recorded constantly by the Alexa device. How will amazon use that data?
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You’ve made the assumption that your headache +/- visual disturbance is due to a migraine. A competent doctor will take you a step back and ensure that your own diagnosis is secure. Alexa won’t. Are you sure you want your undiagnosed brain tumour treated as migraine by Alexa?
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That criticism could have been made twenty years ago about someone typing that question into a search engine. Nobody (other than the Metro headline writers) is suggesting that people should stop seeing doctors when appropriate.
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I’m thinking that someone who can recognise a migraine will also know how to treat it. The trickier Q is “How do I treat a blinding headache and disturbed vision?” People search online for symptoms; it’s only *after diagnosis * they search for conditions. Much room for error.
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Yes. There's a class of products that are trying to address this use case too. For example,
@adahealth is excellent. Definitely better than googling symptoms and an important part of the result is the 'triage' where they give guidance on how urgently you seek a medical opinion.
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'Alexa, I have high cholesterol, elevated blood pressure and low mood.' Email a week later. 'Your life insurance policy has been cancelled. Thank you for using Amazon Alexa.'
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Give it a few weeks, and see how many targeted Web ads you get, trying to sell you migraine remedies.
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