So is this person; but many haven't gotten the message yet.
Posted on 12/28/2021 1:09:32 PM PST by yesthatjallen
An Amazon Echo owner was left shocked after Alexa proposed a dangerous challenge to her ten-year-old daughter.
AI-powered virtual assistants like Alexa that power smart devices and speakers such as Echo, Echo Dot, and Amazon Tap, come with a plethora of capabilities. These include enabling the users to play simple verbal games or request "challenges" on demand.
A 'shocking' challenge
When sitting idle, such as during the holidays, it wouldn't be unusual for an Amazon Echo owner to ask Alexa, "tell me a challenge to do."
Typically such an auditory request has the AI prompting the user with a quiz question or a similar brainstorming activity.
"The challenge is simple," said Alexa. "Plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs."
"I was right there and yelled, 'No, Alexa, no!' like it was a dog," said Livdahl, a writer and a worried mother.
"My daughter says she is too smart to do something like that anyway."
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Has anyone asked Siri/Alexa...
“Are you a communist?”
I asked one to "open the pod bay door". It was a hilarious reply.
“2001” is one of my all time fav movies...and I’m not a movie buff.
btw....Dave, what was the reply from “HAL”?
It went something like: “Oh, I am so tired of hearing that trite and ridiculous command. In the first place, you don’t have a pod bay, but perhaps only a garage. Secondly, you haven’t given me control of the garage door.”.
He won’t stop. He is angry at the entire world and everything in it.
I did that when I was a kid, only I didn’t use a penny, I used my fingers.
I survived and learned an important lesson.
When Einstein was Young his father gave him a compass. He was amazed at how some unseen, unfelt force could penetrate the case and move the needle.
Later, he mused at how something is Strange when first observed but we grow up never wondering about all the mysteries around us.
I used to be really annoyed with those old rotary dial phones. One slip of the finger and was start again.
Redials were a pain.
Not surprised..
He’s apparently offended and wants to cancel me by turning me in... sounds like eerily familiar tactics of the left.
Guessing you lived a sheltered life... Still a dick though.
Apparently Alexa serves the same function for humans as a laser pointer does for cats.
“Guessing you lived a sheltered life..”
Joined the Navy, saw the world.
“He’s apparently offended and wants to cancel me by turning me in... sounds like eerily familiar tactics of the left.”
LOL! You are paranoid
Oh my! That is funny!
“He’s apparently offended and wants to cancel me by turning me in... sounds like eerily familiar tactics of the left.”
That post is right out of Alinski’s rule book!
Then we have one thing in common.
Her specialty is special tea?
Cats do better than goats!
Back in the day, one actually had to make physical contact with the wires that carried your phone messages...
So is this person; but many haven't gotten the message yet.
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