“I don’t think we’re ever going to have AI that wakes up,” said Daniel Rasmus, a technology analyst and former Microsoft business insights director who is a board member of the Seattle organization AI and Faith, which helped put on Saturday’s event. “So I think this is more about us practicing what we preach than it is AI coming to terms with consciousness and its epistemology and all that stuff.”
“Even as Amazon Prime adds late adopters to the ranks of Prime members, loyalty remains high,” said Mike Levin, Partner and Co-Founder of CIRP. “The share of members that indicate they are likely to renew for another year has remained high for several quarters, always comfortably above 90%. In fact, in some quarters, literally no customers in the sample indicated they would definitely not renew their Amazon Prime membership.”
“Consumers may not realize it, but a lot of Silicon Valley firms rely on Seattle companies to deliver important services,”?said Mike Riolo, interim CEO of Seattle-based virtualization firm Virtuozzo. The Bay Area is?more likely to churn?out?the next hot messaging app or?social network, but Seattle “deals with the plumbing” — the real and lasting infrastructure that provides the foundation for the?new tech economy.
“I think viewpoint diversity is very important,” the Amazon CEO said. “I believe we can still have the very best people and still have racial and gender diversity, as well. And as we pursue that we will have the very best people. We owe it to our customers to have the very best people.”
“Amazon Air is critical to ensuring fast delivery for our customers — both in the current environment we are facing, and beyond,” Sarah Rhoads, VP of Amazon Global Air, said in a news release. “During a time when so many of our customers rely on us to get what they need without leaving their homes, expanding our dedicated air network ensures we have the capacity to deliver what our customers want: great selection, low prices and fast shipping speeds.”
“Hmmm, Apple gives us Siri and Nokia gives us stunts like having people dressed as Windows Phone tiles run through traffic.? Tell me why would I buy a Nokia phone?” — A GeekWire reader commenting on a planned advertising blitz to promote the Windows Phone to younger consumers.
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“Coast-to-coast high speed rail?” Bezos replied. “I don’t know. I’m not an expert on that. It sounds fun. I would love to have it. I think the hard question there is how you pay for it.”
“Black Friday was the best ever for the Kindle family – customers purchased 4X as many Kindle devices as they did last Black Friday – and last year was a great year,” said Dave Limp, Amazon Kindle?vice president, in a news release from the company this morning. “In addition, we’re seeing a lot of customers buying multiple Kindles – one for themselves and others as gifts – we expect this trend to continue on Cyber Monday and through the holiday shopping season.”
“Due to the continued concerns about COVID19, Amazon will be hosting a virtual annual shareholder meeting this year,” a spokesperson for the company said in a statement. “Shareholders from around the world will be able to view and participate in the meeting live, regardless of their location.”
“I don’t have a problem with that,” Warren said.