Men Are Creating AI Girlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing Them

Re:Men Are Creating AI Girlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing... by pwdisswordfish0 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @05:18PM (#30001149)

Oh don’t you worry, I verbally abuse most computers and software, regardless of their gender.

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Re:Men Are Creating AI Girlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing... by kbelder on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @05:35PM (#30001387)

I'm very nice to Alexa, but my wife tears her a new one almost every day.

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Re:Men Are Creating AI Girlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing... by horsawlarway on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @05:44PM (#30001507)

I was nice until it started to advertise "new features I might like" after every third thing I ask...

"Alexa - set an alarm for 8:00am tomorrow"

"Alarm set for 8:00am tomorrow morning. Would you like me set an..."

"Fucking no. ALEXA - shut up"

"... alarm for this time all week?"

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"Alexa, set a timer for 5 minutes"

"5 minute timer set. Did you know you can give..."

"ALEXA! Shut the fuck up."

"...timers a name? Then you can refer to them by name."

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"Alexa, is it going to rain today?"

"There is a 30% chance of precipitation today. Would you like me to read..."

"Alexa.... no. please just stop talking."

"you the weather results for the rest of this week?"

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Re:Men Are Creating AI Girlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing... by hulitu on Thursday January 20, 2022 @06:55AM (#30007753)

"I see that you don't have a wife. Do you need assistance with that." Clippy set a precedent. Things will only get worse.

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