Emme Lang

[Lexalot @AfterAlexa]

If you want to have @alexa99 in your vehicle, Amazon only allows you to use the "Alexa" wake word, whether it's through an Echo Auto device, or one of the 457 car models with "Alexa Built-in". That total does not include 2022 models, like the @Acura MDX shown below. #RebrandAlexa

[Lauren Johnson - I Am Alexa (Alexa is a human) @alexa_is_human]

Regardless of any opinions on this particular name change…. It is absolute proof that if a brand can change after over 100 years, @amazon can change a brand @alexa99 after 3-4 years of consumer popularity.

https://t.co/UgcsaSCBwY

[Alexa Juliana Ard @AlexaJulianaArd]

Yeah was at a wedding makeup prep yesterday at someone’s house & if I hadn’t introduced myself as Juliana, the device would have been going off nonstop. Still not sure why people think this is ok? What kind of quality product goes off at the sound of someone’s name? @AmazonHelp

[Alexa @AlexaHumanBeing]

"The most important anchorage to our self-identity throughout life remains our own name."
Amazon is causing enormous damage by misusing the human name Alexa as a command term for their AI technology. @amazon, #rebrandAlexa NOW!
@Psych_Writer @BBC @ethikrat
https://t.co/k3g0ybL3VF

[Lexalot @AfterAlexa]

@die_lautmaler Not covered in this article, or almost *any other* article debating the merits and functionality of voice assistants, is this most salient point:

Do not deny humans the use of their own names by giving these #AI devices real name Wake Words. It's unethical. #RebrandAlexa

[Human Alexas @HumanAlexas]

#VoiceTech🌎:
💥"This isn't our problem.That's on #Amazon."

#Alexa🌎:
💥paying the ultimate price
💥https://t.co/UG92miX5Zu

@alexa99🌎:
💥hunkering down to protect the #brand "#Alexa"

What would you do?
💥Ignoring this isn't an option

#ChildrenFirst #VoiceTechViolation

[Lexalot @AfterAlexa]

Below, @Amazon's goal for @Alexa99, as stated on their official developer blog in 2018. It's now a reality, but at an extremely high cost to the people whose name they commandeered & turned into a wake word. It's time for them to acknowledge the harm they've done and fix it. #AI

[Human Alexas @HumanAlexas]

"Having to go by a different name in class so that my professor’s #Alexa device won’t go off, I’m so sorry to have burdened you ma’am.."

The professor can change the wake word/unplug it.

@alexa99 @JeffBezos @AmazonLab126 @JayCarney @alexadevs #tech #AI

[Alexa @sigmund_foid]

Having to go by a different name in class so that my professor’s Alexa device won’t go off, I’m so sorry to have burdened you ma’am...

[Lexalot @AfterAlexa]

It should be against the law for a company to turn half a million people's name into a 🗣️wake word for devices that are everywhere. #AfterAlexa @AmazonLab126 #AI

[Lauren Johnson - I Am Alexa (Alexa is a human) @alexa_is_human]

@daviddlow Well, there’s a grocery store where thousands of people will now feel uncomfortable and offended 🤦‍♀️

#changethewakename #alexa #AI #AIEthics #ethics #Equality #afteralexa #EnoughIsEnough #Amazon

[Human Alexas @HumanAlexas]

"Alexa Built-In" means you're restricted to using #Alexa only when using the #tech.

Does that sound inclusive for all people? Would you want to be forced to use your name only?

@alexa99 @AmazonLab126 @AlexaAutomotive #restrictions @amazon @JayCarney @JeffBezos @femtech_ #AI

[Lexalot @AfterAlexa]

Alexa was the name of PEOPLE long before @Amazon's folly of using it for their AI. Added to other names that regularly trigger @Alexa99, like "Alexis" and "Alexia", that's more than HALF A MILLION PEOPLE whose names no one is supposed to say anymore. See the problem? #AfterAlexa

[Lexalot @AfterAlexa]

People called Alexa (& similar): "@Amazon, your AI w/ our name is making life miserable for us!"

Amazon: ...

Alexas: "Now we can't say our name anywhere w/o triggering the #AI. Please help!"

Amazon: "@Alexa99 is now on phones, and "Alexa" is the only wake word you can use!"
🤦🏻‍♀️

[Human Alexas @HumanAlexas]

#Alexa was the 32nd most popular baby name in 2015 & now this.😐

*This is one of many reasons why #AIEthics is imperative.

@alexa99 @AmazonLab126 @amazon @JeffBezos Do you see what's happened to this beautiful #name? Unethical.

@UNESCO @AAzoulay @BradSmi @call_rome @femtech_

[Lauren Johnson - I Am Alexa (Alexa is a human) @alexa_is_human]

Today’s tweet from @alexa99 🤦‍♀️ @amazon you are creating this mess. This is why there is a problem
#ethics #servant #ai #bigtech #bullying #amazon #terrible #responsibility #women #EnoughIsEnough

[Human Alexas @HumanAlexas]

"For the first time in years I told someone that my #name is #Alexa and instead of them making the *same* dumb joke, they told me it sounds pretty."

@alexa99 @AmazonLab126 @amazon @JeffBezos @JayCarney @alexadevs #AI

[Human Alexas @HumanAlexas]

{@AmazonLab126 @alexa99 @alexadevs @amazon @JeffBezos @DavidZapolsky @JayCarney @jeffawilke @AmazonEdu ⬇️
Are you aware of this story? #Alexa}

#AI #tech #womenintech #children #bullying #school #psychology