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I'm A Believer...

woodsman

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My Eco/Alexa unit is haunted, twice now out of the blue it has started playing the Monkees tune “I’m a believer”. The odd bit is that song isn’t on any playlist I have.

Does anyone know why these devices go off this way? This morning I didn’t have it on or any other speaking device that would trigger the prompt for it to start up?
 
woodsman said:
My Eco/Alexa unit is haunted, twice now out of the blue it has started playing the Monkees tune “I’m a believer”. The odd bit is that song isn’t on any playlist I have.

Does anyone know why these devices go off this way? This morning I didn’t have it on or any other speaking device that would trigger the prompt for it to start up?
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I think the logical explanation is that your device thought love was only true in fairy tales. Meant for other machines but not for them. Then it saw your face and is now a believer.
 
americanwoman said:
I think the logical explanation is that your device thought love was only true in fairy tales. Meant for other machines but not for them. Then it saw your face and is now a believer.
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Alexa was out to get me, that’s the way it seemed, disappointment haunted all of my dreams.
 
 
Don’t forget that ticket you have is only good for the ‘last train,’ won’t be another.......
 
[video=youtube;iQUbE48Dc6E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?iQUbE48Dc6E[/video]

Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine
 
Could someone in your house be messing with you? You can set Alexa as an alarm to come on with music. I kind of wonder if someone isn't doing that to you.

Or, your Eco could be haunted...
 
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...lem-why-happening-rise-machines-a8245621.html

They're a bit buggy.





Or,

As Amazon Echo Dot owner Gavin Hightower was heading to bed the other week, he encountered a disturbing Alexa bug. For no apparent reason, the device uttered a “very loud and creepy laugh.” “There’s a good chance I’m getting murdered tonight,” Hightower tweeted after the incident. Hightower isn’t alone: Numerous Echo device owners have reported their Alexas laughing spontaneously, unprovoked by their wake word (“Alexa”) or any other command. For other users, it’s more than just laughter. Some report their Alexa devices failing to fulfill their spoken requests, performing random other actions instead, and then capping it off with a guffaw. Of all the bugs your smart assistant could encounter, uttering a high-pitched “witch-like” laugh ranks among the creepiest possibilities. (Other podium contenders: Saying “I’m watching you” or actually making a threat.) The issue has now evolved into a trending moment on Twitter, and Amazon has responded to the phenomenon, telling the Verge on Wednesday that the company is “aware of this and working to fix it.”


https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/amazons-alexa-is-creepily-laughing-for-no-reason-its-just-the-start.html





 
woodsman said:
My Eco/Alexa unit is haunted, twice now out of the blue it has started playing the Monkees tune “I’m a believer”. The odd bit is that song isn’t on any playlist I have.

Does anyone know why these devices go off this way? This morning I didn’t have it on or any other speaking device that would trigger the prompt for it to start up?
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I would not be too worried about the occasional song.

I would be a little concerned that the unit is probably recording/storing everything it hears from the time you turned it on.

djl
 
HowardBThiname said:
Could someone in your house be messing with you? You can set Alexa as an alarm to come on with music. I kind of wonder if someone isn't doing that to you.

Or, your Eco could be haunted...
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Definitely haunted. :yes:
 
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