something’s up with alexa. Amazon’s virtual assistant responded to a woman who asked her what she should do to make her children stop laughing and calm down: “According to an Alexa Answers contributor, if it’s convenient, you could punch them in the head.” throat”. As the one who began to laugh at such advice was her mother, she went on to explain that “if they writhe in pain and can’t breathe, they will be less likely to laugh.” Reason is not lacking in the machine, erected in the oracle of Delphi of the homes of the 21st century. Users accustomed to searching Google for the solution to all problems (medical, existential, love, work) have placed their trust in the intelligent voice device, and thus they do not have to bother typing or selecting the information obtained. When the multiple connections that come from the factory are not enough to meet what is requested, it searches a website open to the community, with hilarious results like the one above. Conceived to carry out less complex tasks than educating a childsuch as turning on the TV, calling a telephone number or playing music, Alexa has been adding features and in fact, it recognizes the voices of children to prevent them from buying with their parents’ credit cards, and it helps the smartest with their homework. Another thing is adults. A couple of years ago, an English mother who didn’t know how to fill her free time asked her for a fun challenge to share with her 10-year-old daughter. Without hesitation, Alexa suggested that the baby put a coin in a socket, to see what happened. The blood did not reach the river, because the woman ruled out materializing the challenge, viralized at the time on the internet like so many other dangerous bullshit that become fashionable. Hopefully the parent learned that it’s good for the brain to get a little bored.
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