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Old 22 May 19, 02:40 PM  
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Perhaps if you could choose a Disney character voice, everyone would be happy 😂
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Old 22 May 19, 02:43 PM  
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Kids turned mine into Pikachu, that was annoying. They also turned on a sarcastic version. Oh, how I laughed, not.
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Old 22 May 19, 02:46 PM  
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Kids turned mine into Pikachu, that was annoying. They also turned on a sarcastic version. Oh, how I laughed, not.
So glad my daughters still at school and not reading this, she is Pokemon obsessed if she knows she can turn it into pikachu she’s be on it straight away... although I do like the sound of a sarcastic Alexa... not using mine to it’s full potential clearly
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Also, why do they have to change the name? It could still be called Alexa but have a man's voice (or Pikachu or whatever). Seems a bit presumptuous assuming that only women can be called Alexa.

Some of the news reports about this are a bit eye-opening...

"Beyond engaging and sometimes even thanking users for sexual harassment..."

People are sexually harassing their devices? How does that work?

What next? People being accused of sexually harassing their cars when they shout "F*** me!" if it won't start in the morning? Or when running their hands across the bonnet?
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Interestingly Siri in the UK is male by default.
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Yes it is, it sounds odd on films when Siri is female
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Varies here. Currently female and Aussie. Really doesn't matter.

I'd change it to Scooby Doo, if that was an option. ...But the novelty would probably wear off quickly!

P.S. Making an issue of Alexa/Siri in this way detracts from and undermines genuine issues of bias/stereotyping, doesn't it?!
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Oh dear. It does need a new name though as my son is called Alex and whenever I say his name and ask him something she pipes up with "sorry I don't know that"! Maybe "oi you" would do it.
You can change the wake up word to somthing other than Alexa so that this doesn't happen
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Oh dear. It does need a new name though as my son is called Alex and whenever I say his name and ask him something she pipes up with "sorry I don't know that"! Maybe "oi you" would do it.
We have the same problem although my son is called Dexter
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Actually there is a genderless/gender fluid AI voice out there. One day all our AI products will likely use it.

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