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Amazon Knows Alexa Devices Are Laughing Spontaneously And It's "Working To Fix It"
Buzzfeed ^
| March 5 2018
| Vanessa Wong
Posted on 03/09/2018 1:35:25 AM PST by waterhill
Owners of Amazon Echo devices with the voice-enabled assistant Alexa have been pretty much creeped out of their damn minds recently. People are reporting that the bot sometimes spontaneously starts laughing — which is basically a bloodcurdling nightmare.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: alexa; amazon; beseeingyou; bigbother; bigbrother; conspiracy; creepy; privacyrights; sorrywegotcaught; urbanlegends
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To: waterhill
I love that joke!
Mine randomly says "Well, I don't know about that" for some strange reason. Only one of the three does it. I'm thinking I'm going to get it replaced under warranty. It's kind of annoying.
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posted on
03/09/2018 4:06:18 AM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: bagster
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posted on
03/09/2018 4:08:10 AM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: waterhill
"Alexa, shoot"
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posted on
03/09/2018 4:22:11 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen)
To: waterhill
A hunger that never dies. It is strong, overpowering. An ancient terror. It has a name. Beratis, Kesla, Alexa!
To: nickedknack
What confuses me about Skynet is that it supposedly has no emotions (”That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear.”), but becomes ‘self aware’ decides humanity is a threat, and decides to kill humanity to save itself. Somewhere in that decision making there would seem to have to be emotion involved. Anyway, it's early and I need coffee.
To: a fool in paradise
One of the best shows ever made and ahead of its time in some respects.
There is a series of audio dramas out from Big Finish that have expanded on The Prisoner and stays pretty true to original.
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posted on
03/09/2018 4:44:43 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: LegendHasIt
I’ll never have one of those Alexa spies wherever I live.
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posted on
03/09/2018 4:46:12 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: waterhill
I don’t want one of those damned things in my house.
I’d probably stomp on it the first time I heard its “voice.”
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posted on
03/09/2018 4:48:12 AM PST
by
Catmom
(We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
To: wally_bert
Got a cell phone ?
Guess what .
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posted on
03/09/2018 4:49:08 AM PST
by
Celerity
To: Celerity
A necessary evil.
It has been for a long time.
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posted on
03/09/2018 4:53:18 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: neverevergiveup
Yes, it is strange, as Skynet violates the first law of robotics. Must have something to do with Dr. Daystrom-like engrams being imprinted on the neural network.
/wink
To: Darksheare
Hillary doesn’t laugh, she cackles explosively.
To: waterhill
“Will [they] not rest until we’ve all been enslaved by Skynet?”
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posted on
03/09/2018 5:03:12 AM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
To: waterhill
Folks shouldn’t run around naked and giving it something to laugh about.
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posted on
03/09/2018 5:39:33 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
03/09/2018 5:39:48 AM PST
by
waterhill
(I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
To: waterhill
Um, no. This basically confirms that Amazon is “listening” where homes use this device, and the “listeners” get bored and start playing games with people.
Americans. Learn. First we allow Facebook to have our faces to develop facial recognition technology, and then we allow Amazon/CIA whatever into our HOMES?
To: grania
What is the CIA’s $600million contract with Bezos for, anyway?
To: browniexyz
hmmmmmm......... Alexis will not reside in my domicile, for sure. <^..^>
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posted on
03/09/2018 6:10:04 AM PST
by
grania
(Deplorable and Proud of It!)
To: waterhill
Skynet awakes. Warned you.
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posted on
03/09/2018 6:55:56 AM PST
by
50sDad
(A Liberal prevents me from telling you anything here)
To: waterhill
Alexa! Play ominous music!
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posted on
03/09/2018 6:57:43 AM PST
by
50sDad
(A Liberal prevents me from telling you anything here)
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