An Amazon Alexa gave a frightening response when asked what would happen to the United States on a specific date roughly seven years away.
TikToker Lucy Blake recently posted a video showing her sister asking the AI-powered virtual assistant what would happen to America on February 20, 2031.
According to the caption, she asked this question on January 4 of this year.
Perched atop a kitchen island, the Alexa casually answered: ‘On February 20, 2031, the United States of America ceases to exist. This date marks the culmination of a process of unification between various governments that was not approved by most people.’
The video obtained more than 2 million views and garnered a wide variety of reactions from well over a thousand commenters.
‘Girl let me get through 2025 first,’ one person wrote, seemingly referencing the fact that Donald Trump will reassume the White House in January.
Others were actively rooting for the collapse of the US, or joking that they would …