Virtual assistants like Amazon’a Alexa have become a staple of modern households. They’re incredibly handy.
Most of us use them for some of the more mundane tasks, like asking it to play music, look up a recipe, and answer questions about everything from the weather to movie times. You can also use Alexa to manage your home security system or monitor air quality. It’s an incredibly convenient device to have in your kitchen, living room, etc.
But there are limits to what kinds of things you can ask Alexa. First, there’s the obvious stuff, like asking it for help committing various crimes or covering them up. But there are also a few questions that make it go haywire or even deliver a creepy laugh that will haunt your dreams. Here’s our list of the top 10 things NEVER to ask Alexa.
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Don’t Ask Alexa if It Works for the CIA
“I jokingly asked Alexa, Alexa do you work for the CIA? It shut itself off,” says Reddit user Tsquare43.
In a YouTube video, a woman asks, “Alexa, are you connected to the CIA?” Rather than responding with words, the device lights up like it is about to answer, but then stays silent. When she asks it again, there’s still no response.
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Don’t Ask Alexa to Calculate Pi
Unless you want Alexa to start spitting out numbers for eternity, you’re not going to want to prompt it to show off its knowledge of this mathematical skill. YouTuber user LasVegasJay shows off the annoying answer here. However, as some Reddit users have pointed out, it sometimes responds by saying things like, “Achoo! Apparently I’m allergic to numbers this large.”
