Amazon admits Alexa is laughing at people and is working on a fix

Re:Amazon admits Alexa is laughing at people and is working ... by overthemoon on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:30PM (#16540078)

I don't own one of these--are there any conditions under which Alexa will laugh normally/in an expected way?

This falls under Furby bugs level of weirdness.

http://official-furby.wikia.com/wiki/Furby_Bugs

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Re:Amazon admits Alexa is laughing at people and is working ... by neaden on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:48PM (#16540238)

Alexa laughs creepily when you wish it a happy Halloween, I'm not sure if it will do it for any other reason.

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Re:Amazon admits Alexa is laughing at people and is working ... by brokenmachine on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @09:19PM (#16541755)

Another comment lower down says it does this exact laugh if you say, "laugh for me".

So likely it's a false trigger on that phrase. It would be amusing if it's some kind of malware however.

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Re:Amazon admits Alexa is laughing at people and is working ... by aaronbrethorst on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @05:08PM (#16540413)

This is terrifying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owqemRL1BMA

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Re:Amazon admits Alexa is laughing at people and is working ... by fapjacks on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:26AM (#16543129)

I will be honest with you. Lately everyone's been grinding the word "terrifying" into the carpet with their boots. But this. I was simply not prepared for this. This was terrifying.

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Re:Amazon admits Alexa is laughing at people and is working ... by turbografx16 on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:43PM (#16540200)

That page is fucking gold, thank you so much for sharing.

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