> people could shout "Alexa order me Tide Pods" from wherever they were in their home and the order got magically processed...

> consumers don't behave like that

Computer savvy HN readers don't behave like that. My computer illiterate mother-in-law, on the other hand, kind of does. My brother-in-law got her one of those Google smart speakers years ago and she loved the thing. Finally, a computer to which she could bark orders and have them fulfilled, much like she does to any human within earshot.