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Alexa gives nonsensical advice on cutting quiche

A user shared a humorous interaction with Amazon Alexa where the AI provided nonsensical instructions for cutting a quiche into five slices. The AI's steps involved cutting the quiche in half, then in half again, and finally cutting one of the resulting four pieces into two to achieve five slices. This exchange highlights a perceived lack of common sense or logical reasoning in some AI applications. AI

IMPACT Highlights the current limitations of AI in practical, common-sense reasoning.

RANK_REASON User-generated anecdote about AI failure, not a significant industry event.

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Alexa gives nonsensical advice on cutting quiche

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Adventures in stupid AI: against my better judgement this morning I asked Alexa how to cut the quiche into 5 slices. (I hadn't had my coffee yet, OK?) Her direc

    Adventures in stupid AI: against my better judgement this morning I asked Alexa how to cut the quiche into 5 slices. (I hadn't had my coffee yet, OK?) Her directions, verbatim: 1. Cut the pie in half. (We're already in trouble here 😆) 2. Cut the pie in half again, crosswise (WHAT…