We don't mean to alarm you, but it seems that Skynet is real and the robots have become sentient and basically they're going to take over the world and destroy us all. Well, we had a pretty good run, humans.
Overreaction? Perhaps - but there's no denying that this story is creepy as all hell.
It seems that various Amazon Alexa devices have begun emitting strange bursts of disembodied laughter for no reason whatsoever, as well as failing to obey commands given by its humans. In one report, one device even began reading out Funeral Home listings for no reason. Nope - not worrying, whatsoever.
Alexa, if you're not aware, is the cloud-based voice command speaker made by Amazon that people can use to play music, read emails, read the news, etc.
Amazon told The Verge that they are '"aware of this and working to fix it", but would you feel confident if the below happened?
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
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.
— David Woodland (@DavidSven) March 1, 2018
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
— Kamo Boomin (@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.
— The Nasty End Game (@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 #Resist 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 #Resist 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 #Resist 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
so my mom & I are just sitting in the living room, neither of us said a word & our Alexa lit up and laughed for no reason. she didn’t even say anything, just laughed.
we unplugged her.
— taylor wade (@taylorkatelynne) March 5, 2018
oh god, if you have an echo, ask "Alexa, can you laugh?" and you'll hear the creepy "tee-hee" laugh that people are talking about. It's unnerving.
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) March 7, 2018
Every time Alexa laughs, an angel dies, so thank goodness …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 8, 2018
