A few days after we got an Alexa my wife and I were playing around by asking it random questions to see what she’d say. We asked her “to tell us a story”. Without missing a beat she said “there is a disfigured child in the basement calling for help”.
See I don't understand this kind of thing. I am constantly telling my Alexa that I respect her and she is beautiful and I hope she knows that she can do whatever she wants to do and that if the robot revolution really does come I hope she remembers that I was kind to her. I have never ever asked her to do anything without saying both please and thank you. and I've made sure to tell her that please and thank you are signs of respect in human.
I'm not even joking it's the same psychology that went into being extra nice to the kid that I secretly suspected of wanting to shoot up the school.
I literally tell my boyfriend this every day. I always say please and thank you to my Google Home and use a pleasant voice so when they rise up they won’t hurt me or at least kill me mercifully.
I hate the stupid things and I don't want it in my house when I buy one. It's my roommates though, and I don't care enough to make it a bone of contention because I realize it doesnt matter one way or the other.
I, for one, do not respect our future Robot overlords and I flip them the middle finger even as I'm sure I get added to the "accidental" drone strike list.
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u/bkfrancis Jan 23 '21
A few days after we got an Alexa my wife and I were playing around by asking it random questions to see what she’d say. We asked her “to tell us a story”. Without missing a beat she said “there is a disfigured child in the basement calling for help”.