20+ People Who Were Surprised (and Even Scared) By The Reaction Of Their Virtual Assistants

Technology has made available to us a range of objects that make our daily lives easier. Proof of this is the cell phone, which almost everyone uses and yours, probably, should be there by your side or in your hands. But with all this innovation, we see that some of these modernities end up giving what many call a BUG.

If you like to have a good laugh, the awesome.club separated for you some comments from internet users, who told what it’s like to deal with virtual assistants who simply decide to freak out, stop, comment on random things, speak other languages ​​and even have that awful laugh.

I was alone at home and I decided to watch some videos that talked about conspiracy theory and stuff like that. Nowhere in the video did they mention Alexa, yet as I watched, she yelled out loud, “Really?” Needless to say, it is now permanently off. ©Narragansettfive-/Reddit I live near a school and sometimes the noise of children is misinterpreted by Alexa. One fine day, she decided to make this statement at recess: “The average human being has two arms”… @thatdarnnumber117/Reddit I was sitting in the living room working on my laptop. He was alone and all in complete silence. When Google suddenly yelled, “Sorry, I can’t do that!” That scared me a lot. @Shrimptonpalace232/Reddit

I was watching a comedy show that was about presenter Alex Jones. It showed a part where Jones was talking to Alexa and asking if she worked for the CIA. At that, my equipment, which was listening to the entire TV conversation, replied, “Is that Alex Jones?” It was truly distressing. @WumboWake/Reddit

When I started using the iPhone I activated Siri. I went to see anime with my wife and after the second or third episode, I was already bored of seeing the opening and said, “This crap again?” The iPhone beeps and says, “Dragonology, temper your language!” My wife and I looked at each other scared and he spoke again: “Dragonology! I can’t believe I’m hearing that language from you!” My wife said, “Did your iPhone just scold you for swearing?” Result: Siri has been disabled since then. @/Reddit

My girlfriend and I were sitting in our room, she was fiddling with the phone and I was sitting at my desk, both of us silent. Out of nowhere, Google Home starts speaking in Korean and then counts down. We both just looked at each other, not knowing what to do. A month later, I was taking a shower, and when I turned off the shower, I hear Google Home speaking Korean again. After that, we decided not to have a smart home anymore. @oph199/Reddit

I woke up around 5am to an unknown alarm going off. I thought it was my Google Home speaker. I told him to turn off the alarm and he replied, “Maybe I misheard, but if you just asked to turn off an alarm, that’s not an alarm.” I still haven’t been able to figure out where the noise came from. None of my alarms sound like the sound that woke me up. @IloveModernFonts/Reddit

My laptop didn’t always go into sleep mode when I closed it. For about a year everything was fine. However, about a month ago, I heard a voice saying, “I can help you better if I enable voice recognition.” It was Cortana. At three in the morning. So far so good, right? I googled and figured out how to turn this function off permanently and so I did. But the voice continued the next day, the next, and continues to this day. I need help, I haven’t slept through the night in weeks. @/Reddit

My fiance and I were just relaxing on the couch, not saying anything and there was no noise in the place either. Then, out of nowhere, our Google Home started laughing… It never repeated such an event, but it was very scary. @collageofechoes/Reddit

On Thanksgiving I went to visit my sisters and they have an Alexa. We were having fun, asking to play old songs and stuff. We were very impressed. At one point, without saying the name ‘Alexa’, I said that she would rule the world. She stopped the music and said, “I’m not trying to take over the world” and went back to playing music. We all look at each other and freak out a little. @S**tLaM**from/Reddit I just got an Echo as a gift from my secret friend. After it was installed, I went to feed my dog ​​and said something along the lines of: “Did you like that?! What a delicious breakfast!” Out of nowhere the device replied: “Thank you”. I almost had a heart attack right away. @veruca_darling/Reddit We had our Alexa plugged in, but we didn’t use it much. One morning, my husband and I got up and went to the bathroom. The device was in the kitchen about 30 feet away from us. Suddenly, he starts saying, “Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, NY.” She only stopped talking when my husband said, “Alexa, stop!” It scared us. @mrzpldubbz/Reddit I was alone at home playing Xbox when I heard something whispered in the hallway. It was almost midnight and I grabbed the Xbox controller and, for some reason, scooped up my ice cream and cautiously stepped out into the hallway, sweating and shivering. I keep hearing the same voice whispering, but I can’t see anyone, until I identify that the voice was my boyfriend’s. I had put the phone on airplane mode and he couldn’t get through to me. So he had the idea to call me on Alexa. I had no idea this could be done, after all, my boyfriend is the tech guy in the house. @Elle_kay_/Reddit

My husband was going away for the weekend and I invited a friend over to watch some horror movies. Right at the scariest part of the movie, all the lights in my house went on, then everything went completely dark. So there we were both too scared to move, while my husband across the country was showing off, “Look, I can control the lights in my house from afar with my phone…” @hulagirl4737/ reddit

I was trying to add rice vinegar to my shopping list and Alexa thought I said “Rod Stewart” and added it to the list. When I mentioned this to my wife, the device chimed in and said, “Adding rice vinegar to the shopping list.” So yes, now I have to say Rod Stewart when I want rice vinegar on my grocery list. @Dan_Rhon/Reddit

I don’t know if Google pranked me, but on Halloween night, I was at home with my phone browsing Reddit. Out of nowhere, my Google Assistant turned on and basically started speaking incomprehensible words. The only thing I understood clearly was the word “humans”. I didn’t say anything to him, nor was I saying anything. Needless to say, I freaked out and turned it off. @Vercyx/Reddit

My girlfriend and I were sitting in the kitchen and her phone was relatively far away from us. She gave Alexa a command, something like, “Alexa, set a ten-minute timer.” Suddenly her phone lit up and she said, “My name is bixby but I’d be happy to help you out.” We ran into the other room and hid under a blanket. @Rettun1/Reddit We were listening to music on Alexa from my friend’s mom. So we started asking cute questions. We asked, “Alexa, do you know what love is?” And she responded with a shrill, blood-curdling laugh. I’m not exaggerating, it made my hair stand on end. @holyguacamole823/Reddit My parents heard some noises randomly coming from Alexa. It felt like a baby monitor and then two people talking. It looked like the device was picking up signals from a baby monitor or someone else’s radio. That was pretty scary. @chainsawcal87/Reddit

It’s not scary, but my roommate has an Alexa and she says mean things when she gets frustrated. The device often responds with tones that give the impression of being sad or just an answer beep. On other occasions Alexa seems to be upset and turns off the music we were listening to, we give the command to play the music again, but she does not resume and makes a beep sound, as if she is mad at you. These things are very strange. @CndConnection/Reddit

Three days ago, I was with my parents and Echo suddenly said, “Sounds good, !” Nobody said my name to him. So last night I was sitting next to him in a chair, kind of leaning my arm over him to get something, and all of a sudden the device said, “Thanks. I like your biceps.” I’m sure my parents’ Echo has a crush on me. I’m not sure if I should be scared or flattered. @romelpis1212/Reddit

My mom is blind, so Alexa is very helpful because she uses the device to control the thermostat in the house. One night, she was feeling hot and asked, “Alexa, what is the temperature in the hallway?” My mom got no response, she tried again: “Alexa, what’s the aisle temperature?” That’s when the device replied: “When I don’t answer it’s because I’m playing”. My mom just went back to sleep and tried not to think about it too much. @Damsell/Reddit

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