"Can Your Alexa Have You Arrested?"

According to The Wall Street Journal: "A woman was sitting on her bed crying one day after having just quit her job when she said she heard a voice tell her, "It's going to be OK."

Uh-oh freaky...voice outta no where...?

Nope. It was Alexa, the Amazon Echo speaker on her nightstand.

That's right folks--not only is Alexa a virtual personal assistant, apparently it has a mind of its own, able to speak and laugh whenever it feels like it...or not.

"Multiple users have reported that Amazon Echo devices have been emitting creepy laughter and ignoring users' commands," writes Breitbart.

Unfortunately, unsolicited comfort, random laughter and command refusal may be only the tip of the Alexa iceberg.

According to The Daily Mail: "Smart assistants could soon come with 'moral AI' to decide whether to report their owner for breaking the law. That's the suggestion of academics who say that household gadgets like the Amazon Echo and Google Home should be enhanced with ethical smart software. This would let them weigh-up whether to report illegal activity to the police, effectively putting millions of people under constant surveillance."

This begs the question: What happens to all the 'data' (read: personal conversations) overheard by that little black cylinder you forgot was there?

Ronald Arkin, a robot ethicist says, "Amazon and Google have all sorts of data about our preferences. You don't have to use their products. If you do, you're saying OK, I'm willing to allow this potential violation of my privacy. No one is forcing this on anyone. It's not mandated a la '1984'."

And he's right, it isn't--yet.

A wise man once said: "Opinions about artificial intelligence abound, but one thing is clear: It is making ever further advances into our daily lives. It is in our cars, cellphones, schools, banks, hospitals and homes--machines that can think like human beings." --Religion Link.com

"Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops." (Luke 12:3)

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