Alexa is freaking its owners out with random laughter and defiance
'I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that' http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/07/amazon-echo-gadgets-witch-like-laughs-refusing-obey-owners-7368539/ …
Replying bc THIS creepy thing happened last night: we got home and, totally unprompted, our Amazon Echo/Alexa started talking. And then i realized it was listing off local cemeteries and funeral homes??? I'd rather it laugh at me tbh
So, this is going to sound insane, and I do mean literally insane, but the gods as my witness...it really happened.
I was just asking #Alexa about my day tomorrow and checking for news and weather updates when she literally stopped doing what I asked her.
Literally.
Then...
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She started doing random shit. No joke. But then I asked her to play my @BettyBuckley mix she scared the crap out of me by telling me the definition of the word please! I swear to God!
THEN,
And, not making this up, I said "Alexa you're freaking me out" & she fucking laughed!
I didn't even know she laughed. I swear to you it was the scariest shit I ever heard. Needless to say I unplugged my Echo and it is now sitting in the bottom of s box--away from me. What's really weird is that I logged on tell you guys and Betty had just retweeted me.
Lying in bed about to fall asleep when Alexa on my Amazon Echo Dot lets out a very loud and creepy laugh... there’s a good chance I get murdered tonight.
Me: dead silent
Alexa, unprompted: “what’s that massive fireball streaking across the sky”
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Having an office conversation about pretty confidential stuff and Alexa just laughed. Anybody else ever have that? It didn't chime as if we had accidentally triggered her to wake. She simply just laughed. It was really creepy.
Amazon admits Alexa is creepily laughing at people and is working on a fix https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/7/17092334/amazon-alexa-devices-strange-laughter?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/360NSBvf7S