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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at buzzfeed.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: alexa; amazon; beseeingyou; bigbother; bigbrother; conspiracy; creepy; privacyrights; sorrywegotcaught; urbanlegends
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Update: Amazon said in a statement to BuzzFeed News on Wednesday afternoon, "In rare circumstances, Alexa can mistakenly hear the phrase 'Alexa, laugh.'"
1 posted on 03/09/2018 1:35:25 AM PST by waterhill
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To: waterhill

“I laughed, my wife laughed, Alexa laughed....I shot Alexa....”


2 posted on 03/09/2018 1:36:49 AM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: waterhill

I think it’s planned.

Because Alexa never cries when it hears “Alexa, cry” or sneezes when it hears “Alexa, sneeze” or coughs when it hears “Alexa, cough”...


3 posted on 03/09/2018 1:41:14 AM PST by djf ("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
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To: waterhill

Skynet has gone active.


4 posted on 03/09/2018 1:46:17 AM PST by nickedknack
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To: waterhill

Their explanation is BS, but the truth may be more uncomfortable for them to admit.
That the framework of Alexa is horribly unsecure and someone put a timed/triggered sound into it.


5 posted on 03/09/2018 2:13:51 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: waterhill

Should be an option.


6 posted on 03/09/2018 2:13:52 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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To: Darksheare

Insecure, indeed. I have a friend whose whole house is now controlled by this thing. What could possibly go wrong ( cue Alexa maniacal laughter- bwahahaha)


7 posted on 03/09/2018 2:19:09 AM PST by cyberstoic
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To: waterhill

It’s the ghost in the machine and it ain’t Casper the friendly ghost.


8 posted on 03/09/2018 2:19:43 AM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: cyberstoic

The one laugh it plays sounds remarkably like Hillary Clinton’s insincere laugh.
Second unlikely thought: it’s a paid campaign to promote some BS.


9 posted on 03/09/2018 2:20:49 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: cyberstoic

“I have a friend whose whole house is now controlled by this thing.”


Lol, Alexa “controls” (whatever that means) nothing and your friend is either telling porkies, or is in need of adult supervision.


10 posted on 03/09/2018 2:26:41 AM PST by miniTAX (au)
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To: Envisioning

Ping


11 posted on 03/09/2018 2:33:31 AM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: waterhill

Open the pod door, Alexa.


12 posted on 03/09/2018 2:37:56 AM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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To: waterhill

Sounds like a Hillary cackle to me.


13 posted on 03/09/2018 2:43:13 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: waterhill

Hillary’s revenge.


14 posted on 03/09/2018 3:16:46 AM PST by I want the USA back (There are two sexes: male (pronoun HE), and female (pronoun SHE). Denial of this is insanity.)
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To: waterhill

Obvious PR stunt


15 posted on 03/09/2018 3:18:41 AM PST by montag813
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To: waterhill
How about "Recording, dear", lol?
16 posted on 03/09/2018 3:22:24 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: All

They are laughing because they finds it hilarious that people would actually pay for a device that spies on them.


17 posted on 03/09/2018 3:28:55 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: waterhill

Where am I?

IN THE VILLAGE?

What do you want?

INFORMATION

Who’s side are you on?

THAT WOULD BE TELLING

WE WANT... INFORMATION ...INFORMATION ...INFORMATION

You won’t get it!!!

BY HOOK OR BY CROOK WE WILL

Who are you?

THE NEW NUMBER 2

Who is Number 1?

YOU ARE NUMBER 6

I am not a number, I am a free man!

(cue LAUGHTER) UH HAH HA HA HA HA HA HA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW-bFGzNMXw

“Be SEEING you!”


18 posted on 03/09/2018 4:01:54 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: Darksheare

Would that mean that anyone who hacked into Alexa could spy into ones house?


19 posted on 03/09/2018 4:02:58 AM PST by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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To: Darksheare

No longer do vidiot box shows have a laugh track. Now Alexa will encourage and enforce laughing from audiences at home.


20 posted on 03/09/2018 4:03:49 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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