Remember that viral clip of the Channel 4 weatherman casually pro**uncing "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysili ogogogoch" — the Welsh village with the longest place name in Europe — like it was the easiest thing in the world?
Turns out if you ask your Amazon Echo the same question, the plucky little machine reels the name off with absolutely ** problem at all.
This is how it starts, people. Today they're calmly pro**uncing our Welsh village names, but before we k**w what's hit us they'll be forcing us to speed-read binary for their own diabolical, mechanical amusement. Read more...