In case you somehow missed it, this is the Saturday Night Live sketch about Alexa for senior citizens that aired a few years ago:
Many of us have Alexa in our homes and notice that she does eavesdrop. However, she is very useful for weather reports and sundry information. She answers questions based on whatever information she has access to. Recently that created something of a dilemma.
On Sunday, The U.K. Daily Mail reported the following:
Amazon’s Alexa has told users that the 2020 presidential election was ‘stolen by a massive amount of election fraud’ causing Jeff Bezos‘ empire to scramble to explain the concerning content.
An investigation by the Washington Post showed when the devices were asked if the election was stolen, they would cite unproven facts and say that electoral fraud had taken place.
The Alexa said it was ‘stolen by a massive amount of election fraud,’ while citing Rumble, a right-wing video streaming site.
These days, any site that is not subject to the left’s censorship is considered right wing. I just thought I would mention that.
The article continues:
In another instance, Alexa cited Substack and said the race was ‘notorious for many incidents of irregularities and indications pointing to electoral fraud taking place in major metro centers.’
Amazon claims they work with ‘credible sources’ such as Reuters, Ballotpedia and RealClearPolitics.
After being informed of the issue, the response given by the machine allegedly changed, reports the Post.
Amazon spokeswoman Lauren Raemhild said in a statement: ‘These responses were errors that were delivered a small number of times, and quickly fixed when brought to our attention.
‘We continually audit and improve the systems we have in place for detecting and blocking inaccurate content.’
Polling continues to show that former President Donald Trump convinced a large portion of Republican voters that President Joe Biden’s 2020 win was illegitimate.
A CNN poll released in August found that 69 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters still believe Biden’s win wasn’t legitimate – up from 63 percent earlier this year.
Among registered voters who cast a ballot for Trump in 2020, the numbers were even higher – with 75 percent expressing doubts that the last election was conducted properly.
There are some very credible cyber security people who believe that the election was stolen. There is also evidence of fraud in mail in voting. It is my hope that someday the truth will come out and the problems will be fixed. Until then, I am not sure I trust our elections.