I woke with the sound of birds chirping outside and sunlight peeking through the trees and into my bedroom, leaving a little jacob’s ladder on the floor.
“Good morning, Alexa,” I heard my son say from down the hall. “What time is it?”
“It’s 7:00 am,” Alexa replied, to which he responded, “Alexa, what kind of birds are around here?”
Alexa was quick to rattle off a number of types of birds in Northern Virginia, including Cardinals, Barred Owls and Morning Doves.
“What kind of birds caw in the morning, Alexa?” He asked?
“That would be an American Crow,” Alexa told my son.
“Thank you, Alexa,” He said.
Over breakfast, I said to my son, “I heard you asking Alexa about the birds outside.”
At that point, he replied, “I am always polite to her. When the AI revolution comes, I would rather be a pet than dead.”