Now that all the big tech companies have their own version of a personal home assistant on the market, it’s safe to say we’ve become fairly comfortable with the idea of having artificial intelligence in and around our lives.
But that could change after you see this creepy shit. Amazon‘s assistant, Alexa, has been randomly laughing at people. And it’s not a cute laugh or anything, either, it’s like a creepy witch laugh.
Folks are understandably freaked out by the whole thing, which has even become a Twitter Moment. Check out the video below and you’ll understand why. Keep in mind that Alexa was not asked to do this, or was even awake, she decided to do this of her own volition, which is absolutely fucking terrifying.
https://twitter.com/CaptHandlebar/status/966838302224666624
Hmm, I’d be setting fire to that motherfucker right about now. Amazon says it’s “aware” of the issue and is “working to fix it”. Others have shared their own scary experiences with the home assistant, after which they promptly unplugged the device. A wise move if you ask me.
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
— Kameaux Chacheres (@HeyItsKamo) March 7, 2018
Mine whistled up stairs in my bedroom. No one’s home besides me and my dogs. And my upstairs dog, I call her that because 1 dog stays downstairs at night to sleep on the couch lol. The other comes to bed at night with us. Alexa is in the trash, I thought I was losing my mind.
— Bad Kitty 1 (@Supermom1242) March 7, 2018
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…
1/— Robert Sandy (@frodofied) March 7, 2018
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!
— Robert Sandy (@frodofied) March 7, 2018
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.
— Robert Sandy (@frodofied) March 7, 2018
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.
— Gavin Hightower (@GavinHightower) February 26, 2018
Pretty grim, no? Check out the footage below of Alexa waking up her owner to tell them a story about a fucking UFO sighting.
Since everyone seems to be talking about Alexa being a total creep, now seems like an appropriate time to share the video of that time Alexa woke me up at midnight to tell me about a UFO sighting. pic.twitter.com/k46f8VPeKv
— Kenzie Mastroe (@KenzieGwen) March 7, 2018
Yeah, that can go straight to hell as far as I’m concerned. Even Jimmy Kimmel is understandably spooked by the whole saga.
Is @Amazon‘s #Alexa laughing at us? pic.twitter.com/dC1ANsnEIT
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) March 7, 2018
Welp, that’s us done, folks. If this isn’t AI becoming self-aware, I don’t know what is. It was nice knowing you all.
