Hi. We here at Amazon would like to sell you a device that goes in the
center of your home. It comes with a super sensitive microphone that
will listen to everything you say and will be sent to our servers, most
likely stored on them until a government spook comes along wanting some
info on you. Do be careful what you say around our device because it's
always listening for certain "trigger" words that may alert the
authorities. It can't differentiate between a joke about killing
someone or the real deal so everything will get treated as a potential
homicide. We're sure that if Alexa does make a mistake you, the SWAT
team, and Alexa will all have a good laugh once it's all sorted out.
While there are plenty of stories of artificial intelligence gone wrong, it seems many recent new owners of Amazon's Alexa devices have been rudely woken by "bone-chillingly creepy" laughing from their AI friend.
As The Daily Mail reports, some users say their Alexa-enabled gadgets start laughing totally unprompted.
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.
As if that wasn't bizarre enough, Amazon also has a 'Laugh Box' skill, which lets users play different types of laughter, such as a 'baby laugh' or a 'sinister laugh.'
So far 'Russian hackers' have not been blamed for this "creepy" laughter... though we suspect it will not be long. That's what the satanists do, blame their actions on others.
The deep truth of echo and Alexa is that they are SPY devices, meant to invade our world and we PAY for them to do it. It all ends up back at the various intel agencies, and that's documented.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-07/amazon-admits-alexa-creepily-laughing-people
While there are plenty of stories of artificial intelligence gone wrong, it seems many recent new owners of Amazon's Alexa devices have been rudely woken by "bone-chillingly creepy" laughing from their AI friend.
As The Daily Mail reports, 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.So Alexa decided to laugh randomly while I was in the kitchen. Freaked @SnootyJuicer and I out. I thought a kid was laughing behind me. pic.twitter.com/6dblzkiQHp— CaptHandlebar (@CaptHandlebar) February 23, 2018
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.
As if that wasn't bizarre enough, Amazon also has a 'Laugh Box' skill, which lets users play different types of laughter, such as a 'baby laugh' or a 'sinister laugh.'
While initially just thought to be an internet joke, The Verge reports that Amazon has now responded to the creepiness in a statement to The Verge, saying, “We’re aware of this and working to fix it.”
As The Verge's Shannon Liu concludes, many have related the laughter back to a moment
in 2001: A Space Odyssey when HAL 9000 turns evil and says, “I’m sorry
Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Maybe it’s a sign that having smart
devices in our homes is another step toward a creepy, dystopian future
where robot overlords rule. When does that Terminator sequel come out again?
* * *So far 'Russian hackers' have not been blamed for this "creepy" laughter... though we suspect it will not be long. That's what the satanists do, blame their actions on others.
The deep truth of echo and Alexa is that they are SPY devices, meant to invade our world and we PAY for them to do it. It all ends up back at the various intel agencies, and that's documented.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-07/amazon-admits-alexa-creepily-laughing-people
