Forget Logan Paul and Floyd Mayweather. The celebrity fight between non boxers I’d like to see is the two OG’s of AI, Apple’s assistant Siri versus Amazon’s know it-all-helper Alexa. 

In case you’re curious, here’s the tale of the tape…

Alexa: (Amazon)

Only works when you have an Alexa-enabled device like Amazon Echo

When you talk to Alexa, you are chatting with a cloud based service, the word “Alexa” is the word used to “wake up” the service so it can hear you. 

In 2016 Alexa had 130 skills, now she boasts  over 100,000

Alexa learns over 20,000 new skills per year

Alexa can tell jokes

53% of women who own smart devices use it multiple times per day

The top question asked Alexa according to Amazon data is “Alexa, what is the value of pi?”

The voice of Alexa is provided by Nina Rolle of Colorado

Siri: (Apple)

When Siri was first included in the iPhone 4s, Forbes called it an “ugly stepchild” because of all the errors

Siri Receives over 25 billion requests per day

It 2019 it was determined that Sir answers questions correctly 83.1% of the time

Siri can virtually flip a coin or roll the dice for a user

Siri has appeared in multiple television shows, including “Criminal Minds,” “The Simpsons,” “The Big Bang Theory,” and “Boondocks.”

Sir I has appeared in the movie “Ant Man.”

The voice of Siri is voice actor Susan Bennett from Atlanta

Siri can be used Apple products iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch and Apple TV

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