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I stopped using Alexa after it almost burned my house down on thanksgiving. Apparently “bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for thirty minutes” somehow became “microwave for thirty minutes” even though it got all the words except bake! Who sets a temperature with their microwave?

Anyway we meant to bake something but instead absolutely roasted a metal pan and wire rack that merged into the glass somehow.

My wife thinks it’s kind of funny because the Disneyworld “Carousel of Progress” shows a very similar event happening due to voice controls, which they predicted in the 1960s!




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