MAGAs declare war on Amazon Alexa

[jlw]

Originally published at: MAGAs declare war on Amazon Alexa - Boing Boing

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[themarquisdemurray]

Alexa… I love you.

[apalatn]

Um… what were they fucking expecting?

[Hanglyman]

Perhaps they expected it to repeat the lies they hear on Fox and Newsmax, not realizing that reality has a strong liberal bias.

Or perhaps they don’t understand that AI isn’t actually sentient artificial life, and took its regurgitation of internet search results as its personal opinion, to be punished with violence.

[LordInsidious]

If Amazon thought tRump would be better for them, Alexa would definitely have different responses.

[euansmith]

“Alexa, why doesn’t daddy love me?”

[vernonbird]

@jlw

The MAGAs have gotten angry about the answers they coaxed Alexa into giving them.

@jlw

Apparently, the MAGAs are sharing videos of their Echo Dot-busting antics as well

Because killing the messenger is always the sane & reasonable thing to do…

@jlw

This is a long way to go not to hear a contrary opinion from a plastic box.

This is their ethos:

[FSogol]

@Hanglyman

and took its regurgitation of internet search results as its personal opinion, to be punished with violence.

This is how you get SKYNET!

[cleveremi]

Is the star intended to be read as “asshole”? It is My Asshole Way, or the Highway? Because that’s the way I’m taking it, a la Kurt Vonnegut.

[apalatn]

Skynet was always a reflection of (the worst of) us. Does what we’d do if we had its power.

Sounds like current AI is well on that path. Nobody’s working on empathy modules…

[anothernewbbaccount]

Well, they can’t say they didn’t do their own research, can they?

[Mitchell]

So they ask Alexa why they should vote for Harris, and why they should not vote for Trump - and get mad it tells them what they asked for?

[vernonbird]

@cleveremi

Is the star intended to be read as “asshole”?

Don’t know about the intention, but it sure seems to be an option.

@cleveremi

It is My Asshole Way, or the Highway?

Could be… it might also be the asshole itself talking.

@cleveremi

Because that’s the way I’m taking it, a la Kurt Vonnegut.

Sounds reasonable.

I’m fulfilling my destiny right now!

[benzbanana]

Great. I expect a news release early next week from Trump inc that they’re releasing the Ronald, a red colored rebadge of Alexa that will only pull info from fox/newsmax/whatever is approved by the god emperor at the moment.

For an extra $29.99 per month, the deluxe package will include

• automatic notifications if one’s wife leaves the kitchen or the house
• wake you up with the pledge of allegiance each morning
• tell you if you’re being too loud in the bedroom
• be the first to know of the latest nft/sneaker drops

[p96]

Alexa runs in the [computing] “cloud.”

[blondie]

Jayzus, don’t give them ideas.

At least charge them a consulting fee, Trump wouldn’t pay but his campaign might.

[prwade]

MAGAs declare war on Amazon

[G-love]

That’s it?! Nothing about him being a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and pathological liar who incited a violent insurrection against the United States?

[FloridaManJefe]

i find this to be totally f’n hilarious!
MAGAts be like, " don’t you tell me nuthin’ ‘bout nuthin’. you take that back you librul, commie propaganda socialism robot thang! ah’ll show you who’s tough! yeah! take that you marxist hockey puck looking muthafkker! USA!USA!USA!.. hunh!"
smash…
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“alexa? buy me another alexa that ain’t woke…”
“alexa?”
“hellooo…?”

[tcg550]

I asked Alexa all the same questions about trump and Harris this was the answer no matter how I phrased the questions.

So either they fixed it or someone is fibbing

I can not provide content that supports a specific political candidate