Watch
Alexa turn on a
light with the
help of a
killer Rube Goldberg machine
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Alexa has fully upgraded herself from
playing "Despacito" during inappropriate times to turning on lamps
with a (not so) simple voice command.*
YouTuber
Jamie Grossman created an elaborate
Rube Goldberg machine that uses
Alexa to
turn on a fan that initiates a domino effect, ending
with an illuminated lamp.
The
machine took more than 40 attempts to perfect — mostly due to Alexa's refusal to listen to Grossman when he politely asks her repeatedly to
turn on his lamp. It's very likely that she was too busy soaking in her current meme status.
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