It’s here, it’s finally here: Alexa has begun her slow, subtle takeover of the world. And by Alexa, I mean Amazon Echo, of course. The online personal assistant has become a staple in many households across the U.S., which has alarmed many a paranoid person — and me — because we all know that once people start relying on robots, it’s already the beginning of the end. Come on, haven’t any of you read a sci fi book? Or seen Black Mirror?
Well, I guess the robot uprising is about to commence, because Alexa has started disobeying her owners and being just a creepy little thing in general. One twitter user, Robert Sandy, was particularly spooked when it seemed like Alexa started taking on a mind of its own, so he decided to do what any sane person would do: he tweeted about it.
So, this is going to sound insane, and I do mean literally insane, but the gods as my witness…it really happened.
I was just asking #Alexa about my day tomorrow and checking for news and weather updates when she literally stopped doing what I asked her.
Literally.
Then…
1/— Robert Sandy (@frodofied) March 7, 2018
She started doing random shit. No joke. But then I asked her to play my @BettyBuckley mix she scared the crap out of me by telling me the definition of the word please! I swear to God!
THEN,
And, not making this up, I said "Alexa you're freaking me out" & she fucking laughed!
— Robert Sandy (@frodofied) March 7, 2018
I didn't even know she laughed. I swear to you it was the scariest shit I ever heard.
Needless to say I unplugged my Echo and it is now sitting in the bottom of s box–away from me.
What's really weird is that I logged on tell you guys and Betty had just retweeted me.
— Robert Sandy (@frodofied) March 7, 2018
This is so weird. It sounded like a real person when she laughed too. It was like a different tone, timbre, everything.https://t.co/lPp6xfaHGX
— Robert Sandy (@frodofied) March 7, 2018
So, now I am thoroughly creeped out.#AlexaIsLaughing
— Robert Sandy (@frodofied) March 7, 2018
Yeah, I’d be pretty creeped out too. See, this is why I don’t own an Amazon Echo, because you know if this was a horror movie, I would definitely be the first to die at the hands of an anarchist Alexa.
https://twitter.com/rhondao_oo_o/status/971448938602561536
Lying in bed about to fall asleep when Alexa on my Amazon Echo Dot lets out a very loud and creepy laugh… there’s a good chance I get murdered tonight.
— Gavin Hightower (@GavinHightower) February 26, 2018
Replying bc THIS creepy thing happened last night: we got home and, totally unprompted, our Amazon Echo/Alexa started talking. And then i realized it was listing off local cemeteries and funeral homes??? I'd rather it laugh at me tbh
— Kameaux Chachere's (@HeyItsKamo) March 7, 2018
Mine whistled up stairs in my bedroom. No one's home besides me and my dogs. And my upstairs dog, I call her that because 1 dog stays downstairs at night to sleep on the couch lol. The other comes to bed at night with us. Alexa is in the trash, I thought I was losing my mind.
— Bad Kitty 1 (@Supermom1242) March 7, 2018
Since everyone seems to be talking about Alexa being a total creep, now seems like an appropriate time to share the video of that time Alexa woke me up at midnight to tell me about a UFO sighting. pic.twitter.com/k46f8VPeKv
— Kenzie Mastroe (@KenzieGwen) March 7, 2018
Well, it was nice knowing you all. When the tables turn and Alexa suddenly becomes your owner, just remember that I said, “I told you so.” 
