Amazon Echo owners are being creeped out after their devices started laughing without being prompted, after asking it to fulfill the simple tasks. What does Amazon have to say: “We’re aware of this and working to fix it.”
One user was greeted with an ‘evil laugh’ after asking Alexa AI to turn the lights off, but not before she attempted to turn them back on. We can only imagine things getting creepier once generative AI comes into play, as that would not only be able to laugh, but change emotions on a whim.
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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,” according to The Verge.
