TV anchor says live on-air 'Alexa, order me a dollhouse' – guess what happens next¶
News, B. (2017). TV anchor says live on-air 'Alexa, order me a dollhouse' – guess what happens next. BBC.
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- Clinical authority chains: a senior clinician's signature converts a junior's instruction into an authoritative order; the act is attributed to the senior's authority even though the originating intent was the junior's. Voice assistants: a broadcast saying "order paper towels" causes a household device to act on the household's authority, because the device cannot separate household intent from ambient audio.
This sourceReports a broadcast utterance triggering household Amazon Echo devices to attempt purchases — accidental voice-assistant activation by ambient audio, where the device acts on household authority for an intent that did not originate with the household.
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Confirms a TV broadcast woke household Echo devices and triggered attempted toy orders, and quotes an expert on devices not telling authorised from unauthorised voices; clinical half not covered.
“An on-air comment by a US TV presenter activated Amazon Echo gadgets in viewers”
- Clinical authority chains: a senior clinician's signature converts a junior's instruction into an authoritative order; the act is attributed to the senior's authority even though the originating intent was the junior's. Voice assistants: a broadcast saying "order paper towels" causes a household device to act on the household's authority, because the device cannot separate household intent from ambient audio.
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