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VIDEO: "Alexa, Define Economic Recession"
YouTube ^ | July 30, 2022 | DUmmie FUnnies

Posted on 07/30/2022 7:39:32 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

VIDEO

Alexa seems to be rather shy about defining a recession. If you ask her to define "recession," she will give you a definition for the act of receding. And when you narrow the question down to asking her to define "economic recession," Alexa takes refuge by citing the highly biased Wikipedia definition of recession which notably leaves out a certain definition which has been generally accepted...until now.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: alexa; attentionwhore; clickbait; recession; recessiondefinition; wikipedia
Why do I have the feeling that Alexa's definition of recession changed recently?
1 posted on 07/30/2022 7:39:32 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: Xenalyte; RMDupree; AlexW; CzarNicky; Mike Fieschko; motzman; codercpc; thingumbob; tje; ml1954; ...

PING!


2 posted on 07/30/2022 7:40:41 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (The Mask Has Become a Liberal Virtue Signal)
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To: PJ-Comix
Why do I have the feeling that Alexa's definition of recession changed recently?

Because it's just linking to the Wikipedia article. If Wikipedia defined a recession as 10 quarters of 5% growth, that's probably what Alexa would say.
3 posted on 07/30/2022 7:47:59 AM PDT by BikerJoe
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To: BikerJoe

By this time next year they will say that 6 consecutive quarters of negative economic growth does not constitute “recession.”


4 posted on 07/30/2022 7:58:56 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (The Mask Has Become a Liberal Virtue Signal)
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To: PJ-Comix

Considering what Dana Loesch outlined of wiki’s revision history for that content the other night, I’m shocked that the AI hasn’t updated.

It would be interesting to see a video documenting the dichotomy of this week’s alexa definition vs. NEXT week’s definition.


5 posted on 07/30/2022 8:02:06 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: PJ-Comix

All those, ‘drones behind the curtain’ are certainly busy these days changing the true meaning of words to whatever the current administration says they should be!

*SPIT*


6 posted on 07/30/2022 8:05:09 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: PJ-Comix

Arguing over recession is a waste of time. The economic cycle continues as always and it doesn’t care what you call it. You either take advantage of conditions or you are paralyzed by them. Recessions bring the most opportunities, always. Strike when the rest are paralyzed.


7 posted on 07/30/2022 8:13:08 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I am waiting for the startup company building Soylent Green manufacturing facilities.

That will be an outstanding investment opportunity!

;-)


8 posted on 07/30/2022 8:19:12 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: PJ-Comix
So the makers of Alexa have the financial wherewithal to purchase a license from a reputable encyclopedia service such that they would be allowed to read out that content over Alexa.

However, they choose to use a public and less reputable source presumably to save money and make more profit.

Why don't they just hire Chinese and Indian peasants to come up with answers. That would net them even more money.

9 posted on 07/30/2022 8:39:08 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: PJ-Comix

NOT “generally accepted” until now. Universally accepted until now!


10 posted on 07/30/2022 8:41:33 AM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe <j>)
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To: cgbg

“I am waiting for the startup company building Soylent Green manufacturing facilities.”

Like in The Graduate, I have one word for you.

Insects!


11 posted on 07/30/2022 8:43:15 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Confirmed but, took 3 tries to get some vague answer


12 posted on 07/30/2022 9:11:47 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Like in the Snowpiercer movie


13 posted on 07/30/2022 9:21:48 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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To: PJ-Comix

PJ. Now ask it: “Alexa; Where did Joe Biden fall off his bike?”


14 posted on 07/30/2022 9:45:48 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: cgbg

Especially when they give you the Special Insiders Tour of the factory. Hint: don’t take any of the samples.


15 posted on 07/30/2022 9:58:37 AM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: PJ-Comix
So Alexa is a liberal whore like her creator.
16 posted on 07/30/2022 10:04:55 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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To: PJ-Comix
Fifty years - the same definition of recession - then boom - the corrupt democrat President (the big guy) and his butt boys in the corrupt press wave their magic wand and poof - the Ministry of Truth issues a new definition.

Every large city run by democrats is a hellhole. If they stay in office they'll turn the country into one of their sh*tholes.

17 posted on 07/30/2022 10:28:21 AM PDT by GOPJ (Every large city run by democrats is a hellhhole...IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT FOR THE COUNTRY?)
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To: PJ-Comix

Here is what Wikipedia says about the definition of recession.

“In the United States, the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is generally seen as the authority for dating US recessions. The NBER, a private economic research organization, defines an economic recession as: “a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales”.

In the United Kingdom, recessions are generally defined as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, as measured by the seasonal adjusted quarter-on-quarter figures for real GDP. The European Union does not use this definition, instead using one modeled on that of the NBER, where GDP is used alongside employment and other measures to assess the depth of decline in economic activity.


18 posted on 07/30/2022 10:43:03 AM PDT by plain talk
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I just asked Alexa to define economic recession without using Wikipedia and she answered correctly.
19 posted on 07/30/2022 11:21:50 AM PDT by jonsie
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To: PJ-Comix

Those that have a device from Amazon should ask if Alexa is a woman like Siri is. Also is there only a female and a male.

Raj meets Siri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-SVvtxHJGU

The Big Bang Theory - Raj dates Siri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vti6yzyuy1I


20 posted on 07/30/2022 1:05:50 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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