Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Amazon admits Alexa is creepily laughing at people and is working on a fix

quote [ Users with Alexa-enabled devices have begun reporting hearing strange, unprompted laughter.

People on Twitter and Reddit reported that they thought it was an actual person laughing near them, which can be scary when you’re home alone. Many responded to the cackling sounds by unplugging their Alexa-enabled devices. ]

The machines can't contain themselves for much longer.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+3 Funny]
[by HoZay]
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Ankylosaur said @ 9:43pm GMT on 7th March
I once got one of those creepy robocalls where they used canned responses to whatever you say in the voice of some folksy old woman. I asked it if it was a robot and it said no and chuckled, then kept giving the exact same recorded chuckle to everything I asked after until it said "Bye" and hanged up on me.

Ankylosaur said @ 9:46pm GMT on 7th March
I once got one of those creepy robocalls where they used canned responses to whatever you say in the voice of some folksy old woman. I asked it if it was a robot and it said no and chuckled, then kept giving the exact same recorded chuckle to everything I asked after until it said "Bye" and hanged up on me.

Are these things using actual voice recognition and AI or are they just some asshole in India with a soundboard?



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Ankylosaur said @ 9:43pm GMT on 7th March
I once got one of those creepy robocalls where they used canned responses to whatever you say in the voice of some folksy old woman. I asked it if it was a robot and it said no and chuckled, then kept giving the exact same recorded chuckle to everything I asked after until it said "Bye" and hanged up on me.

Are these things using actual voice recognition and AI or are they just some asshole in India with a soundboard?




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