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Amazon Alexa slammed for giving lethal challenge to 10-year-old girl
Bleeping Computer ^ | 12 28 2021 | Ax Sharma

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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To: gitmo

My LEO son-in-law absolutely FREAKS if one of these type devices is near him!

Especially if it has a camera, too.


181 posted on 12/31/2021 4:35:01 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: skimbell

bingo


182 posted on 12/31/2021 4:37:12 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: dfwgator
“In America Television Watches You”

Just wait!

I just got a notice from my tv provider that as of September, they'll be dropping that service, and offering streaming only.

So many have cut the cord that tv business will no longer be profitable for them.


You think your tv watches you now?

Just WAIT!

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ads+tv+streaming&ia=web

183 posted on 12/31/2021 4:41:39 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: GingisK

I think tech is overused, destroying the quality of experiencing the here and now.


THIS was 30 years ago...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(Star_Trek%3A_The_Next_Generation)


184 posted on 12/31/2021 4:45:48 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: GingisK

If it has a speaker, then it has a mike.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=using+speaker+for+microphone&ia=web


185 posted on 12/31/2021 4:47:59 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: wally_bert

what number iphone?


186 posted on 12/31/2021 4:48:55 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: TexasGator

but you FEEL so much safer!


187 posted on 12/31/2021 4:49:41 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: DJ Frisat

How come I keep having to look this stuff up?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=create+custom+answers+that+Alexa+will+supply&ia=web


188 posted on 12/31/2021 4:51:35 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: GingisK

189 posted on 12/31/2021 5:00:32 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

iPhone SE.


190 posted on 12/31/2021 5:03:07 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: twyn1
I figure anyone with a cell phone is being listened to/clouded anyway.


"The telescreen recieved and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard.
 
There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment.
How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork.
It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to.
 
You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.

 

-1984, Book 1, Chapter One, George Orwell


This was 73 years ago...



191 posted on 12/31/2021 5:05:07 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: fr_freak
I have nothing to hide.

Just tell him, "Someday you might."

192 posted on 12/31/2021 5:08:04 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: fr_freak

My 2020 Grand Cherokee knows my routine in the morning and will tell me how long it’ll take to get to my destination.

How it does this, I have NO idea!

It also tells my I6 phone where it is parked in the large lot at the mall.


193 posted on 12/31/2021 5:10:15 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: TexasGator

EVERYTHING can be used in some way that is harmful!


194 posted on 12/31/2021 5:12:45 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: reasonisfaith

I find FR bickering annoying.

(Unless I am one of the parties to it.)


195 posted on 12/31/2021 5:13:52 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: maddog55

This kinda describes mine now...


196 posted on 12/31/2021 5:15:50 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: newfreep

I can’t do that.


197 posted on 12/31/2021 5:16:45 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: wally_bert
 
 
 iPhone SE packs our powerful A13 Bionic chip into a popular design ...   https://www.apple.com/iphone-se/
 
 
 
I approve.

198 posted on 12/31/2021 5:25:54 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSIKBliboIo


199 posted on 12/31/2021 5:31:22 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Ironically I am looking at a 13 model phone mostly for the camera.

If I do, I will most likely sell my GH4 and lenses plus a few lights. It’s been months since I powered any of them.

99 percent of what I do is for me and no one else would be interested.


200 posted on 12/31/2021 5:35:20 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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