The Future of Work: 10 Considerations for Leaders in Business and Academia. By Drew Bonfiglio. My brilliant MIT professor brother-in-law, Jeff, loves to use Alexa as his in-home Turing Test. (We also need to credit him for the elimination of the penny, whenever that finally happens. But that’s a conversation for another day). When we’re hanging out at Jeff’s, eating pancakes –which are amazing by the way–, he tests Alexa’s skills. I am often as disappointed as I am impressed