In it, he claimed Amazon’s Echo — or at least the digital voice at the center of it — was a “CRAZY SJW LIBERAL.” His evidence? When you asked the device “Who is the Lord Jesus Christ?” it responded by saying Jesus was a “fictional character.” Show A number of conservative news sites fell for the hoax, including RedState and Ben Shapiro‘s The Daily Wire, and expressed outrage at the “progressive propaganda.”
As I said, Crowder is a comedian, so it wouldn’t be surprising if he did this as a joke. But, after being called out for it by people who fact-check things, he actually doubled down on his assessment of the Echo, telling the Daily Wire that he deserves an apology from anyone who doubted him. The outlet actually retracted its initial article after discovering Crowder’s claim was false, but later republished a new story claiming to have “proof” of its veracity and calling those who claim otherwise “conspiracy theorists.”
Crowder also said atheists appeared to be the most upset by his video, which he said surprised him:
As an atheist myself, I can tell you why I’m angry: Crowder is lying to people about what Amazon’s product does. He’s the only one who owes people an apology. Amazon didn’t respond to my request for comment, but I personally invited more than 20 of my friends to conduct an experiment by asking their Echo the exact same question: “Who is the Lord Jesus Christ?” The results? Every single person said Alexa read them a Wikipedia entry for Jesus Christ. And if you ask, “Who is our Lord and Savior?” Alexa says some variation of, “Sorry, I don’t know that one.” In fact, it’s pretty clear that Alexa (much like many atheists) isn’t a Jesus Mythicist. If you ask the Echo if Jesus Christ is a “mythical character,” Alexa will say (again quoting Wikipedia) that “virtually all New Testament scholars and Near East historians have been able to prove the existence of Jesus…” So, again, Crowder is lying and riling up his fellow conservatives, while the rest of us watch on the sidelines wondering how people are falling for it. This is testable stuff, people! If you don’t believe me, try it yourself, and leave your results in the comments. Does this mean that when you are a gazzilionaire like Jeff Bezos, you get to decide ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is fiction?’ Do they think that the 2.2 billion Christians in the world are just followers of some “fictional character?” At the same time, according to the video, Alexa apparently ‘thinks’ that the 1.8 billion Muslims in the world who are followers of Mohammed are followers of “a very wise prophet.” This should tell all Christians how the elitist secular progressives and moral relativists who want to run the world today view Christianity. In their view, Christianity is based on a fictional character in a 2,000 year old book. But the wise prophet Mohammed’s 1,400 year old book, apparently, is spot-on. This tidbit of information comes courtesy of one of my sons, who has somewhat eclectic tastes when it comes to web browsing. He came across the video at Steve Crowder’s “Louder with Crowder” YouTube channel, and forwarded the link to me. You can view the program “Amazon’s Alexa is a CRAZY SJW LIBERAL!” HERE. At the 2:01 mark, Crowder asks “Alexa, who is the prophet Mohammed?” Alexa responds with, “The prophet Mohammed is a very wise prophet, he taught many people how to live, had a wife called Aisha. He lived in Saudi Arabia. The message he gave to the people is pray to Allah, he is the only God, and he gave them holy corn.” After some additional queries about Mohammed, Crowder asks at the 3:30 mark, “Okay Alexa, Who is the Lord Jesus Christ?” Alexa responds with, “Jesus Christ is a fictional character.” Since the video was originally posted and this article was written (Nov. 24), the Crowder video has resulted in some controversy. Some people say they’ve tried to duplicate Crowder’s question to Alexa and the answer they get is different. As such they are claiming the Crowder video was a hoax. Crowder, however, stood by the video in an interview with the Dailywire. He even provided raw footage (unedited) of the video as proof that the response from Alexa was as stated in the video. Over a million people have viewed the Crowder video, and a number of the commenters said they also did get the same answer to the question. More recent posts, however, say that Alexa answers the question “Who is Jesus Christ?” by quoting from Wikipedia. So it’s possible that Amazon updated Alexa as a result of the Crowder video. 20 million Alexa users Since its debut in 2014, over 20 million Amazon Alexa devices have been sold. This means there are 20 million Alexa ‘users’ who may have heard the “Jesus is a fictional character” response. It does make one tend to wonder what other nonsense Alexa may be spouting. And we wonder why our country and our culture are so messed up, and why millennials and so many others today are ‘spiritual but not religious.’ Chances are they are getting their information about Christianity and religion from Alexa.
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Gene Van SonGene M. Van Son is retired after spending 35 years in the automobile business working for two of the Big 3 Automakers as a writer and editor, and then as a project manager in the areas of satellite communications and wireless technology. Originally from the Chicago area he has now resided in the Detroit area for more than half his life. He is a cradle Catholic who attended a Catholic grade school, high school and university. He has been married for 45 years to the love of his life, and he and his wife have three sons. Both he and his wife are Certified Catechists in the Archdiocese of Detroit. Since retiring he has been putting his BA in Journalism to use researching and writing about topics and issues that interest him. In addition to writing for Catholic Stand, he has also had articles and essays published at www.AmericanThinker.com and at www.CrisesMagazine.com. All Posts »PrevPreviousDiscipline, Doctrine and Amoris NextEver Ancient, Ever New: The Gift of the Liturgical YearNext 24 thoughts on “Does Amazon’s Alexa Say Jesus Christ ‘Is A Fictional Character’?”
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