alt Hacker NewsThis happens all the time. Mercedes is a fairly common first name for girls in Spanish countries. Then, of course Alexa, etc.
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glimshe • today at 1:47 PM
Fair enough, although nobody thinks Mercedes cars will possibly replace/destroy humanity.
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Mercedes was a name of an actual lady, a daughter of a businessman who brought the first Daimler-Benz cars to the market.
I wonder if there existed a real Alexa after whom the AI assistant was called.