ALEXA has predicted when the next world war will take place…or has she?
A serial TikTok prankster uploaded a clip where the Alexa reveals when WW3 will begin – and why.
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The viral video is simply this AI assistant being prodded with the question “When will WWIII Start?”
She answers: “WWIII starts on November 23, 2023, at 6:05pm, when Russia launches an attack against Germany.”
Commenters had varying reactions, mainly of terror.
But it’s simply a spoof clip created by TikTok star Jon Bunkhouse.
“With food being so expensive, I think we’re already at war,” one TikToker said.
Another stated they believe, “World War 2 never stopped,” the comment garnering 123 likes.
“THE DEVIL”
A few more commenters had their own theory on why the AI could utter such a thing.
Under a comment that read, “You do know you can program it to say whatever you want,” a TikToker had an eery quip.
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They said: “So can the devil…pre-programmed during manufacturing.”
A second religion-focused comment proclaimed, “Alexa doesn’t predict anything only God predicts everything Alexa is daemonic.
TikToker Noah Brendan replied to the comment saying: “I just make these for fun.”
He had reposted Jon Buckhouse’s video of the Alexa doomsday question.
Buckhouse has earned a reputation for his unruly Amazon AI device, The Daily Star noted.
Widely-viewed claims of his include the destruction of Miami in 2025 by a hurricane and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson running for president, per the outlet.
A TECHNOLOGICAL EXPLANATION
While it is very possible that Buckhouse’s Alexa did make the statement about a pending war, it is unlikely yours could do the same – unless you program it that way.
“There are several ways for customers to create their own customized Alexa responses, for example with Routines or Alexa Skill Blueprints,” Amazon said in a statement to The U.S. Sun.
“These custom responses are not reproducible for other customers unless the skill or routine is shared by the creator and specifically enabled by a recipient.”
When it comes to her real automatic answer to that question, it is purely informational.
Alexa says, “There hasn’t been a World War III and it’s impossible to predict if such a war will happen in the future. World War I occurred from 1914-1918 and World War II occurred from 1939-1945.
