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This is a humorous meme showing a common voice recognition error from Amazon's Alexa smart display. A user asked Alexa to set a reminder that says 'remind me to feed the baby', but Alexa misheard the request and incorrectly created a reminder scheduled for 2:00 that reads 'Defeat the baby'. The coincidence that the baby's own photo is the background on the Alexa display, with the baby staring directly at the viewer, makes the accidental darkly humorous error even funnier.
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Alexa: remind me to feed the baby

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2:00
Defeat the baby
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Overview

This is a humorous meme showing a common voice recognition error from Amazon's Alexa smart display. A user asked Alexa to set a reminder that says 'remind me to feed the baby', but Alexa misheard the request and incorrectly created a reminder scheduled for 2:00 that reads 'Defeat the baby'. The coincidence that the baby's own photo is the background on the Alexa display, with the baby staring directly at the viewer, makes the accidental darkly humorous error even funnier.

Origin notes

This meme is a screenshot originally posted by the WholesomeMeme account on X (formerly Twitter), it captures a real accidental misinterpretation by Alexa's voice recognition software, and has gone viral as a popular funny tech fail meme.

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