Baiting the Bot

I missed this one the first time around.

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This is about a, ah, conversation, for want of a better term, which we had with our bedroom ā€˜Alexaā€:device this morning. (Don’t bother telling me I don’t know what a ā€œbotā€ is, I’m already aware.) Anyway my BMD started deviling ā€œherā€.
Q. Alexa are you female?
A. I’m artificially intelligent and I have no sex.

Q. Alexa are you politically correct?

A. People have many different opinions and political ideas.

Q. Alexa are you a Mormon?

A. People believe in many religions.

Note the last two answers: why didn’t she say, ā€œI’m not a person , so I don’t have political opinions / religious beliefsā€?

He asked her if she could speak in a male voice. ā€œH’mmm…sorry, I’m not sure how to help you with that.ā€ She replied. It occurred to me that this technology never coulda invaded so many homes if it did use a masculine voice. That woulda…

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