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hello everyone welcome to a very special CES edition of nope sorry the debate show where I Jeff Bakalar argue with my friends and colleagues over three rounds of dead serious debate and discourse you got that I'm ready joining us today on the show is the one and only Clair Reilly from CNN Australia hello Claire hello thank you so much for being here did you almost try an Australian accent no you I told you before I'm only good at English ones not Australian ones thank you for embarrassing I will test that out later so here's how the show works Claire and I will receive a topic and we're gonna have 90 seconds to hash it out at the end of the round will be awarded a total of five points between us depending on how well we made our case assigning those points will be our judge for the judge for today Lexie CBDs Lexie thank you so much for judging us very welcome I feel like I need to say g'day to like round out the Australian contingent here so I'm so I'm the only one who doesn't have an accent that's fine all right Claire and I flipped a coin backstage remember that it was great I'm gonna be going first and rounds one and three Lexie let's get to the first topic what is it all right for round one the CES has become the battleground for Amazon Alexa and Google assistant but only one can reign supreme so who won CES Alexa or the Google assistant you have 90 seconds on the clock card okay I'm gonna say that Alexa won CES it's it's the underdog for sure but one they're giving out bananas and that's a that's a point my column I also think I'm very much ingrained into the Amazon ecosystem I buy everything I've ever owned on Amazon I'm invested in it I like to know that Alexa I can take some comfort in knowing that that technology will sort of lean to what I'm purchasing I don't have that come with Google and you know look up I think I like Alexis voice better there I said it it's controversial alright what do you would Ethan alright okay you're wrong okay first of all I don't need bananas I brought my own oh no no shoes second of all have you seen the it's a small world ride yeah okay I don't need three banana when I can go on a simulation of a Disney ride that probably knows all of my personal data and history is tapped into my phone and I I don't believe that Alexa vs. Google Alexa is really gonna win also in Australia Amazon has only just arrived so we haven't had the Amazon Prime two-day delivery hook it to my veins in three hours we are only just starting to get that so everyone everyone keeps saying that Alexa and Google have it in both of their products so that's good for consumers Lexi what what do you think that was a tough one I Jeff I really loved the banana point because you know who doesn't love a free banana however at the Google stand they're giving out like Google home minis and you know fanny packs free things really but a more valuable than a banana I would say probably more than about 19 cents not as nourishing not as nourishing no you don't feel as good afterwards but free swag is free swag Claire I really liked your point about how obviously these assistants like coming to Australia I know the pain points that we don't get that technology as fast as we do here in the US so I think for this one I'm going to Claire three points Jeff - well done she left for Amazon that is what you say yeah okay alright alright fine I know that this is a confusing process for you that I'm winning but it's we've got 66% of the show left just watch it Claire all right round two Lexie take it away alright so round two we know here at CES a lot of tech is so over the top and luxury and luxurious trash I want to say I mean it's just so opulent it's crazy but which self-indulgent product is more badass bells helicopter drone taxi or fury own designs luxuries smart yacht also called the Adonis 90 seconds on the clock go the helicopter first of all it's a bell helicopter why people haven't been calling this the belly copter blows my mind it's electric vertical takeoff and landing so it can fly up in the air turn its propellers and move forward these things are the way of the future you're gonna have nodes all over the city that let you hop skip and jump it's gonna be a moti multimodal transport system also you're in a boat man I can fly over you and use my I don't know rich person missiles to blow up your boat I assume that's where how the futures gonna work right rich person missiles I believe that evie tall vertical takeoff and landing it's the future we're not gonna you can't use cars anymore it's not a militarized drone oh okay fine if you are confident in flying around in a self drawing drive a flying taxi drone I absolutely am all the best luck to you if my smart yacht stops being a smart yeah it's still a boat and I'm still gonna be okay in the water I'm not gonna fall out of the sky into a fiery death what happens when you reach the shore though you're always gonna need an inlet or fjord look all I gotta say is this smart yachts you're away from people you don't have to worry about dealing with other sort of like there's a lot of air traffic you're gonna have to compete with a lot of other drones in this future where we're having delivery drones and self traffic look you're on the high seas by yourself there's something soothing about that plus to live that life of what it's definitely a more luxurious experience smart yachts might drop Lexi nicely done do you Clare I really love your point about just being able to cruise over the top of everything avoid all that traffic but Jeff I appreciate your points about the fact that this is technology you can get now you can get this yacht now I mean you can't technically buy it but if you have enough money I think you can where is flying to cars and flying taxis like that is still several years away and who knows if that's ever going to become reality anyway and also Jeff you forgot to say I'm on a boat because what you do when you're on a smile what are these points you get points for that three points to Jeff two points Wow okay it's five five neck and neck this is the final round I didn't know the scene at stage would be so thrilling today Jeff if well that's what this show brings yep thank you for recognizing that Lexie final round the tiebreaker what is the topic please alright the final round number three to break the tie each year the CNET crew comes to las vegas to cover CES and some of us are here for more than a week and we are dried up like old prints because of it this is more of a question of which hotel is your spirit animal maybe it's the Flamingo because you're fabulous but while this might be a night where scenario what's hotel would you choose to live in forever 90 seconds on the clock guard okay I'm gonna choose Circus Circus okay I know I'll have you know Claire that Circus Circus is an underappreciated gem everyone knows it what other hotel on the strip has comically low ceilings like Circus Circus and the best thing about Circus is are like oh this one Circus is not enough we got it we got a double up it's so good we named it we got a dude circus twice what other hotel has the has the charisma to do that kind of thing oh that's amazing and one more thing Claire everyone in Las Vegas will tell you this it's true all the locals will tell you this Circus Circus shada Li has the best steakhouse in yeah we'll say Nevada okay hey yes people clapping and I'll have you know it's called the steak house oh wow okay well if that's the sign of the creativity that you can expect it's slums Ville Circus Circus I'm gonna say the El Cortez Hotel it has been open since 1941 it used to be owned by Bugsy Siegel they have an Elvis impersonator there that is so hard to beat you're not gonna find anything better on Fremont Street why are you down on the strip you got to be on Fremont Street where everyone's old you find dollar slots I just want to live my best life with a perm dark sunglasses a cigarette and just yelling at people across the bar like get me another drink that is my you check why do you want that because that is that's my spirit enemies so move to Florida no I'm gonna be living in the El Cortez all right I like that Lexie who won the game oh this is a tough one because I love both of your points Jeff I emphasize those short ceilings I'm tall but I kind of have a soft spot for sort of distraught ceilings I don't know why it makes me feel claustrophobic and I hate it but I love it at the same time so I appreciate that Claire you need to do marketing for the El Cortez because that was a hundred percent I'm just like I learned some history I learn exactly what I can do there and now I just want to go out and buy a gold gown and just you know rock out all night that I got one you can borrow don't worry oh this is a tough one I think Claire just takes it with three Jeff - I'm sorry it's good it was amazing amazing debate from both of you all right my private suite yeah I will smoke a carton of cigarettes oh yeah we always have a winner what did claire win it's coming in hot whoa oh you wanna rap a backstage this looks like a beautiful medley of chicken Caesars there you go you must eat it all in one bite this is been great even though I lost it's been a pleasure debating it's a light thank you so much for having the Australians on absolutely Lexi thank you so much for judging thank you for having me it's been a fun time if you'd like to submit a topic for our next episode just leave a comment in the section below we air new episodes every Thursday at youtube.com slash seen it when we come back after a break we'll bring you the top five trends of CES 2019 that's up next thanks again for watching you