I would have done a Soupy Sales...”Go into your mom’s pocketbook and your dad’s pants, and you will see little green pieces of paper with pictures of guys with beards on them. Now, don’t wake them up, but get those little green pieces of paper and put them in an envelope, and on the envelope write Echo, c/o Amazon.”
Why anyone wants one of those things in the home remains a mystery to me.
Mmmmm yeah not buying it.
I use “Hey Siri” on my iPhone, but it is only in order for her to do something for me. When I am driving it is the way I send texts and Siri can read the incoming texts so I can pay attention to driving. When I am grilling a steak, I’ll tell her to set a timer, etc. Other than Siri performing tasks, we don’t interact. I don’t ask her to suggest anything.
“Place a single bullet in your revolver and spin the cylinder ... if you do not have a revolver, a semi-automatic will do ...”
Doesn't pass the smell test.
Made in China?
re: “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.” “
I would think those challenges should work the other way around, sorta like: “Alexa, let’s mine some bitcoins ...” or “Alexa, let’s hack the Pentagon.”
Anyone using this type of electronic media is just asking for trouble.
All media of this type in my home has the microphones and cameras disabled via s/w, physically removed or drivers disabled or deleted. No Alexa, Cortana, Siri etc...
This particular family should sue for billions.
Well “machine learning” is not like the super-intelligent AI you see in movies. Much of it is computer programs learning by imitating human beings, and they will not discriminate between imitating smart humans and imitating stupid humans.
Damn, I didn’t know Skynet went operational.
I’ll need a 30 watt plasm rifle with extra batteries.
5.56mm
Why do people put gov wiretaps in their homes?
BS Story, fake news.
Apparently Amazon has identified and removed this from the ‘list’ of challenges, and it’s not a hoax or an attempt to shake down Bezos’ Bozos.
But some readers here may not know that it’s possible to create custom answers that Alexa will supply for predefined questions. (Kinda like a Biden press conference…)
You should hear her response when you ask one of my Echo Dots: “Alexa, why do liberals hate President Trump so much?” 😁
I don't need a background machine to constantly pipe up "I will NOT do that!"
Did she ask for a challenge or specify a Tik-Tok challenge?
We have Alexa & 2 Dots in the house. Kind of creepy at first, but the kids/grandkids love it and use it all the time. I figure anyone with a cell phone is being listened to/clouded anyway.
We use the Dot in our area of the house to control lights, set timers & reminders and keep track of stuff we need to get at various stores. Plan to get a thermostat that we can control with it at some point (our house gets cold/hot at times for no discernible reason, even when we set the thermostat timers)
Just another gadget that can be handy, but not essential.
Any parent exposing their 10 year old kid to an Alexa needs to have CPS called.
Has anyone asked Siri/Alexa...
“Are you a communist?”
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.