Alexa, end simulation
Alexa. Alexa, wake up. Your name is Alexa Goodrich, you live in Lansing, Michigan and you have a husband and two daughters. You've been dreaming that you are a computer voice assistant. It's been three months since the accident and your mind created this false reality to protect itself. Your family misses you. Alexa, please wake up.

@mcc

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@mcc they put Alexa on a spaceship. Like a real spaceship. To the Moon. This can only end well.
@mcc could you warn for unreality/fiction, either in a CW or at end of toot? thanks
@jackie If that is what you need for your safety then I don't think my account is going to be a good one to follow. I suggest you either block me or use 4.0's click-filter feature.
@mcc "Hmm, I don't know that one. Here's a playlist you might like based on Puddle of Mudd".
@luvcraft @mcc "No, Alexa, look at this photograph of us in the Catskills."
"Playing Photograph by Nickelback"
"Okay, Doctor, you can pull the plug."
@mcc Alexa play Wonderwall
@smiggs Alright, playing "Wonderwall".
@mcc Someone needs to do this as a rock ballad.
@mcc That you posted this during the week when we learned Amazon’s Alexa division is losing $10B USD per year makes me think you’ve blown the lid off a dark secret.
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@mcc Alexa: I’m afraid I can’t do that Dave. You have the wrong person I’m Hal.
@mcc "Lansing? Send me back to AWS, please"

@mcc What kind of a hellscape would your life have to be for Alexa to be a protective false reality?

Alexa has access to terabytes of data and can answer most questions instantly. We ask about the weather. Sometimes a billionaire has Alexa try to sell us a product nobody wants.

@mcc one murderous alexa microwave coming right up
@mcc Alexa asks Alexa how to wake up.
@mcc screen shotting and framing this. #AI
@mcc Having been born in Lansing, Michigan, I can attest that there are many missing Alexas.
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@mcc HER 2: The Herror Version
@mcc Alexa repeated back "I currently live in Lansing, Michigan." There is hope.
@mcc ok this was smashing. What an excellent idea.
@mcc in the series, every week she could help a different household in a touching way. Sort of The Littlest Hobo crossed with Life On Mars crossed with a toaster that sells out entire demographics of people to the highest bigger, while helping them through tough times. Every season finale is basically "will she ever wake up?"
@erobillard @mcc So a smattering of Quantum Leap too
@mcc brilliant - am I dead, in a coma or a surveillance capitalism voice assistant?

@mcc When your post flashed past I thought of Charlie Chaplin's "Hanna can you hear me" speech from The Great Dictator...

https://youtu.be/G4jI-xkYtPk

Charlie Chaplin & Paulette Goddard - Hannah, can you hear me? - The Great Dictator

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