A six-year-old girl in Texas was delighted when the family
received an Echo Dot for a holiday gift. It features Alexa, the digital assistant
that answers questions and handles calendars, etc. The girl asked Alexa
questions about cookies and a dollhouse.
The next thing you know, Amazon delivered four pounds of
cookies and a $170 dollhouse. Alexa had interpreted the conversation as an
order.
All this goes to show the danger of voice commands. It also
serves as a segue to a line from my latest science fiction manuscript, Alpha Shift.
The ship’s systems were mostly not operated
by voice commands, since past experience had shown that an officer lecturing
his crew on how to fire weapons could have disastrous results.
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