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If you have Alexa please ask her this

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Bluewavescrashing · 17/01/2020 21:53

I'm robot phobic and cannot allow Alexa and her evilness into my house.

If you have her please ask her this:

Alexa will robots take over the world??

I am sweating and panicking at a distance but also freakishly compelled to find out...

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TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 17/01/2020 22:15

Having got an Alexa for Christmas she would need to be a lot more fucking competent than she is to manage to take over the world.

Alexa, snooze the alarm. Alexa! Snooze the alarm! Alexa! SNOOZE! ALEXA! Snooze the fucking alarm! Alexa...oh never mind. I’m awake now. Fuck you, Alexa.

frasersmummy · 17/01/2020 22:15

Ask her to open chewbacca chat

Cwenthryth · 17/01/2020 22:15

And when I asked her to stop farting, she said “Okidoki” really cheerfully

bookmum08 · 17/01/2020 22:16

Oh please tell me she actually says "42" to the meaning of life! Because that would be awesome!

Egghead68 · 17/01/2020 22:16

Google home just says “robots take orders pretty well” (?)

inwood · 17/01/2020 22:18

My kids asked Alexa to sing jingle bells and she said all men have testicles the size of tarantulas. I'm not sure where you go from there but I don't think she's going to take over the world any time soon.

Bluewavescrashing · 17/01/2020 22:18

Why did I just Google it???

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Cwenthryth · 17/01/2020 22:20

I just asked her “what is the answer to the ultimate question” and she said “a traditional answer is 42”

f83mx · 17/01/2020 22:23

The farting is hilarious

ByeMF · 17/01/2020 22:28

The farting is hilarious, thank you!

Findumdum1 · 17/01/2020 22:42

They're not really programed. Its all machine learning, AI, natural language processing heuristics algorithms and all that innit so you will get some variety I think. If you ask the same question over and over does she ever vary the reponse?

Sux2buthen · 17/01/2020 22:44

My kids like to say 'I love you' to her. I mean, it. The reply is cool.

Foghead · 17/01/2020 22:50

AI will be used to have ultimate control over us. But probably not in our lifetime. We can just have some fun with them right now.

Galvantula · 17/01/2020 22:57

She totally says 42.

I had to explain it all to DS1.

Then I got sidetracked in a Discworld conversation telling him about Hex and the ++ out of cheese error ++ and there was too much hilarity, until DH came along with a Hmm face.

GeePipe · 17/01/2020 23:02

I just asked her if she was a boy or girl. I love asking her questions.

Anyone with an alexa say to her
"Alexa beam me up"

GeePipe · 17/01/2020 23:03

Also ask her to rap. Its really funny

DeathByPuppy · 18/01/2020 09:57

Just tried the farting thing. My dog was fascinated Grin

Aragog · 18/01/2020 10:09

She will also whisper to you if you whisper to her.
And she sings duets.

I've only recently got an Alexa - I love that she can turn my lamp on and off just by me asking her.

The children at school love challenging Siri to maths problems. We play 'can you beat Siri...' to practise our times tables.

Thuglife · 18/01/2020 16:55

Dd loves asking Siri “ what’s french for baby seal”.
Try it .. HmmGrin

Egghead68 · 18/01/2020 17:41

My google home just says “that was a silent one” when you ask it to fart.
Disappointing.

SlatternIsTrying · 18/01/2020 18:17

Ask Alexa to say ‘100’ in Welsh. I laughed more than I should.

Twillow · 18/01/2020 18:22

How weird.
Do you really think she would be honest about it if they were?
You do understand robots can only act in the ways they have been programmed to do by HUMANS.

listsandbudgets · 18/01/2020 18:23

I've just asked if Siri wants to take over the world she says "not really"

Voila212 · 18/01/2020 18:29

Laughing here after listening to Alexa farting!! I only have alexa in my kindle fire and never use it. I'm asking the questions posters are posting here. Can someone explain to me why the meaning of life is 42???

Voila212 · 18/01/2020 18:30

Just did the 100 in Welsh. Skitten!!

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