Just unplugged Alexa

[iego]

She's been pissing me off for a long time, and only getting worse (not better, as you would think.)

Her skills are limited, her voice recognition sucks, and she is basically a dumb bot, sitting and recording everything she can.

I'm going to replace her with sensors, and code that actually help me in my day to day life.

For the last time, Fuck you, Alexa!

-John

[JohnnyDrama]

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[def90]

What’s Alexa?

[iego]

It's an Artificial Intelligence (AI) being developed by Amazon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Alexa

-John

[Sawin]

I threw one away I was given. Didn’t even think about using it and I’m an IT guy.

so basically, yeah I agree... F you Alexa. Ain’t interested.

[ray1970]

If she?s as useless as Siri then she can pound sand.

[theGinsue]

I threw one away I was given. Didn’t even think about using it because I’m an IT guy.

so basically, yeah I agree... F you Alexa. Ain’t interested.

FIFY

I'm a 30+ year IT and Cyber Security guy. Because of this, Alexa, Siri, Cortana, etc:

[crashdown]

Kinda on topic....

I bought a 4 wheeler from a guy yesterday. He listed it on Craigslist and put his number in the ad. I texted him for a few days while we ironed out a deal. Yesterday I drove to his house and paid him cash. About 5 minutes after I handed him cash, and we were filling out the bill of sale, Facebook sent him a message that said it looks like he sold his 4 wheeler. It came from FB marketplace, so I assume he had listed it there, but we were both lost on how FB would have known anything about our deal, especially since I do not use FB, and no part of the deal was done through FB.

Today I text my wife to turn the heat on when she got home. When she pulled up in the drive, Siri sent her a text reminding her to turn on the heat.

This shit is getting very skynet.

[theGinsue]

At the risk of sounding like BushMasterBoy: All of our devices are watching and listening.

[GilpinGuy]

Yeah, my wife is getting annoyed at all of the midget clown porn ads she gets because of my searches. Damn....