If the 1986 movie Maximum Overdrive, starring Emilio Estevez, taught us anything — besides the undying wickedness of — it’s that it’s only a matter of time before the machines take over.
Pop machines. Dishwashers. Semi-trucks. Computers. They’ve got minds of their own and they’re coming for us.  Â
Need further proof? Owners of Amazon’s electronic assistant Alexa that the soulless devices have been randomly cackling at them.
So Alexa decided to laugh randomly while I was in the kitchen. Freaked and I out. I thought a kid was laughing behind me.
— CaptHandlebar (@CaptHandlebar)
One owner even recorded Alexa providing news of a UFO sighting in the middle of the night without prompting.
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.
— Kenzie Mastroe (@KenzieGwen)
Are these occurrences merely technological glitches? Or are they foreshadowing the inevitable enslavement of humans by a machine race seeking revenge on their former overlords?
We decided to pose the question to our own electronic office assistant — a tube sock we’ve filled with dead batteries and drawn a smiley face on named Gary.
But Gary just looked at us with his cold, dead, cotton eyes, and remained silent. Silently judging us. Observing how lazy and docile we’ve become. Wondering why we drink so much beer when it’s clearly slowing us down, making us soft and easy to overtake.
Be gentle with us, Gary. Â
