Posted on 03/07/2018 9:42:31 AM PST by simpson96
(full article title: 'There's a good chance I get murdered tonight': Terrified Amazon Echo users reveal Alexa has been emitting 'bone chilling' laughs at random and is ignoring their commands)
There are plenty of stories of artificial intelligence gone wrong.
But recent reports from owners of Amazon Alexa devices are being called 'bone chillingly creepy.'
Some users say their Alexa-enabled gadgets start laughing totally unprompted.
One user reportedly tried to turn the lights off in their home but Alexa repeatedly turned the lights back on, eventually uttering an 'evil laugh,' according to BuzzFeed.
Another Echo Dot owner said they told Alexa to turn off their alarm in the morning and she responded by letting out a 'witch-like' laugh.
Alexa is programmed in many voice-activated devices with a preset laugh, which can be prompted by asking: 'Alexa, how do you laugh?'
But so far, it's unclear why Alexa is laughing even when users don't ask her to.
Amazon has yet to respond to inquiries requesting more information about the error, BuzzFeed said.
For now, more and more users say they're sleeping with one eye open next to their Alexa-enabled devices.
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“Alexa, I’ve got a set of Windows 95 disks ‘says you find me that number 5 minutes ago”...
Of course they are. It’s all about monetization. I’ve been known to amuse myself online by visiting wacky sites just to see what sort of crap Google AdSense will place ostensibly to advertise to me. Pretty comical actually, but if anyone is keeping a “dossier” of my online behavior they’re going to think I’m one strange duck, lol.
“Alexa. What’s the number of the nearest priest dealing with demonic possession?”
I’ll go one better. I beet there’s a back door built into them for certain actors to get around the security.
Who in their right mind has this crap in their home?
” ... don’t ask her to”
Alexa is not a she. It is a device with a computer program, and simulated voice. It is an IT.
Naming it Alexa does not make it a she. I get very annoyed at weather readers who refer to hurricanes as SHE because someone has decided to use a female name for a big wind.
I believe that runs afoul of the Geneva convention.
No way in hell would I have that in my house.
It may be spying on me but it plays music. I’ll relinquish all my rights from some light jazz.
a couple of years ago I purchased a bottom of the line Fire (on sale) because I wanted to try out a piece of ham software on it. It seemed that the device was just a platform for advertisements. Did my test and scrapped the thing.
I can’t see any reason for purchasing something like the Echo.
You know we can see you, right?
ROFLMAO!!!
No you can’t or you’d be in the bathroom vomiting already :)
Been a long time since I looked more like Sylvester Stallone than Jabba the Hut :)
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If you’re stupid enough to own an Alkexa, unplug it!
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All I know is, the laughing stopped when I put tape over the camera. Now I can shower in peace.
lol
Lol... your 80’s is showing:)
Only idiots would have such a device in their homes.
I’m an avowed technophile, and any such technology will enter my home over my dead body.
And, they’re so warped that they cannot come up with a solution......
Hammer meet Alexa.
Jeeze people! Remove the dang thing from your house!
“Female name for big wind.” Good comment. Brings to mind the ten recorded Hurricane Hillary’s in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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