I suspect Amazon has connected Alexa to some sort of LLM in recent weeks because her responses to the insane stream of consciousness questions I ask basically endlessly have become both more certain and more unhinged.
For instance, I recently asked her “How many cigarettes does the average jazz band smoke per night.” and instead of the prior usual “I’m sorry, I can’t answer that” she replied a very confident “15 cigarettes”.
I was honestly really surprised and had to check the log in the app to be sure she had heard what I had said correctly. She had indeed.
Another one I have asked her many times is “How many goats are in a goat boat?” (I really just ask endlessly insane crap every time I am in my kitchen, it’s some sort of addiction) and again where she used to reply the “I’m sorry” response, she now replies with the confidence of an LLM “2 goats”
For instance, I recently asked her “How many cigarettes does the average jazz band smoke per night.” and instead of the prior usual “I’m sorry, I can’t answer that” she replied a very confident “15 cigarettes”.
I was honestly really surprised and had to check the log in the app to be sure she had heard what I had said correctly. She had indeed.
Another one I have asked her many times is “How many goats are in a goat boat?” (I really just ask endlessly insane crap every time I am in my kitchen, it’s some sort of addiction) and again where she used to reply the “I’m sorry” response, she now replies with the confidence of an LLM “2 goats”