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Amazon's Alexa Telling Users That 2020 Election Was Rigged

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Re: Amazon's Alexa Telling Users That 2020 Election Was Rigged

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Post by olgeni »

PrimeMcFly wrote: post #79
olgeni wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's about someone who is a clear and present danger to our way of life and the security of the country. However, this mirrors what the QAnons and the hardline MAGAs say about Clinton and Biden. Or more or less what Bush used to tell about Saddam. It might be worth noticing.

Only one side thought JFK was going to reappear. Only one side has a history of believing ridiculous claims with no evidence that repeatedly fail to bear fruit. Maybe that side should be taken less seriously.

Yes, and maybe we should also avoid parroting their rhetoric :D

Re: Amazon's Alexa Telling Users That 2020 Election Was Rigged

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Post by PrimeMcFly »

olgeni wrote: post #81
PrimeMcFly wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only one side thought JFK was going to reappear. Only one side has a history of believing ridiculous claims with no evidence that repeatedly fail to bear fruit. Maybe that side should be taken less seriously.

Yes, and maybe we should also avoid parroting their rhetoric :D

Sure, I wouldn't and haven't done so. Was just refuting your point.

Re: Amazon's Alexa Telling Users That 2020 Election Was Rigged

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Post by krapp »

ben_w wrote: post #60
kthejoker2 wrote: post #45

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They don't? They regulate "time, place, and manner" of speech.

Without more details, that doesn't explain why the FCC might not apply such arguments to Alexa (or the news, or indeed anything). All speech occurs at some time and place, and in some manner. Most of us here will be surprised by things in Law School 101 (I know I have been, but only because it being phrased like this came up one time in a Legal Eagle), and many (like me) aren't American and don't get the meme-sphere…

As far as I know, the FCC regulates content broadcast over the airwaves under the premise that the EM broadcast spectrum is a limited and public resource. That argument wouldn't apply to software or content on the internet.

The FCC can't regulate the sites spreading misinformation, why would it be able to regulate the AIs that consume it?

Re: Amazon's Alexa Telling Users That 2020 Election Was Rigged

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Post by ben_w »

krapp wrote: post #83
ben_w wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Without more details, that doesn't explain why the FCC might not apply such arguments to Alexa (or the news, or indeed anything). All speech occurs at some time and place, and in some manner. Most of us here will be surprised by things in Law School 101 (I know I have been, but only because it being phrased like this came up one time in a Legal Eagle), and many (like me) aren't American and don't get the meme-sphere…

As far as I know, the FCC regulates content broadcast over the airwaves under the premise that the EM broadcast spectrum is a limited and public resource. That argument wouldn't apply to software or content on the internet. The FCC can't regulate the sites spreading misinformation, why would it be able to regulate the AIs that consume it?

> The FCC can't regulate

De facto, or de jure?

Laws can change, and this is a mass produced consumer device with a single AI behind it (and for most people there's only Alexa, Google, Siri, and ChatGPT, with e.g. Cortana being in the "I didn't know they even did that" category) making it an easy target.

Re: Amazon's Alexa Telling Users That 2020 Election Was Rigged

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Post by jki275 »

PrimeMcFly wrote: post #75
jki275 wrote: post #74

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Wikipedia has literally never been an authority on anything. Its use as a source is specifically banned in every academic institution I've attended over my entire adult life.

Wikipedia is an authoritative source of information, has been repeatedly tested and examined for accuracy, and is cited by experts often. Yes, it's banned in universities, but that's largely as a holdover from when anyone could edit it. Wikipedia is repeatedly tested to be more accurate than Britannica, which has never been banned. It doesn't matter anyway, as Encyclopedia articles are summaries, and the actual sourc…

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