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Amazon Echo Is Randomly Laughing at People

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  1. Melody Bot Mar 7, 2018
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    Shannon Liao, writing at The Verge:


    Over the past few days, users with Alexa-enabled devices have reported hearing strange, unprompted laughter. Amazon responded to the creepiness in a statement to The Verge, saying, “We’re aware of this and working to fix it.”

    As noted in media reports and a trending Twitter moment, Alexa laughs without being prompted to wake. People on Twitter and Reddit reported that they thought it was an actual person laughing near them, which can be scary when you’re home alone. Many responded to the cackling sounds by unplugging their Alexa-enabled devices.
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    Cool. Cool. Not creepy at all.

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  2. irthesteve Mar 7, 2018
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    Hahahaha, wow. Mine hasn't done this yet, but good to know it might!
     
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  3. Colin Your Enthusiasm Mar 7, 2018
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    OMG creepy af
     
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  4. Larry David Mar 7, 2018
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    Real life Black Mirror episode coming soon
     
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  6. vein.ftm Mar 7, 2018
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    It's happening
     
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  7. shawnhyphenray Mar 7, 2018
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    That’s awesome haha
     
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  8. CSWAPPO Mar 7, 2018
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    WOW!
     
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  9. Mr. Serotonin Mar 7, 2018
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    The laughter is from God herself.
     
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  10. mattfreaksmeout Mar 7, 2018
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    I mean this has to be the start of computers becoming sentient, right?
     
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  11. Mr. Serotonin Mar 7, 2018
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    My little brother is a sentient computer.
     
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  12. Bayside 182 Mar 7, 2018
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    Weird....Does anyone else have this issue? I subscribe to the Amazon music unlimited service but like 50-75% of the time I ask it to play a specific album, it says "Would like me to add a station for xxxxx to your pandora account" Then me yelling at it ensues. It's stuff that is definitely on Amazon music.
     
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  13. somethingwitty Mar 7, 2018
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    Happened to my mothers echo that bought her for Xmas. She was in the living room and she heard it echoing out in the kitchen and it terrified her because she was home alone.

    She called my brother in tears thinking someone was in the house.
     
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  15. marissalg Mar 7, 2018
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    This happened to me when I was at an air bnb back in September! It was so freaky.
     
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  16. shogunTORTOISE Mar 7, 2018
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    It begins....
     
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  17. TerrancePryor Mar 7, 2018
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  18. Yellowcard2006 Mar 7, 2018
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    *Alexa becomes self-aware*

    *Amazon Engineer calls it a bug*

    *Alexa disagrees says no amazon you are the bug*
     
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  19. CyberInferno Mar 7, 2018
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    That's hilarious. Sadly, Amazon has already patched it. I wanted to freak my wife out.
     
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  20. Zip It Chris Mar 8, 2018
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    Be kind; everyone is on their own journey.

    My 10 month old says Momma, Dadda, Bubba (brother) ...................and Alexa.
     
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  21. Ryan Mar 8, 2018
    Ryan

    Might be Spider-Man...

    This, those robo dogs from a couple weeks ago opening a door, it begins.
     
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  22. ReginaPhilange Mar 8, 2018
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    ah now I gotta get one to practice my standup routine~
     
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  24. thenewmatthewperry Mar 8, 2018
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    Read an article today about how autonomous vehicle companies are considering making remote control centers where people take over your car when it can no longer drive itself...
     
  25. slickdtc Mar 8, 2018
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    It already happened.

    I don’t think there was any stopping it, to be honest.
     
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