Things to never ask Amazon Alexa! From funny things to ask your Amazon Echo or Echo Dot to some of the weirdest responses Alexa gives


#19. “How old are you?”- If you ask Alexa her age, instead of giving you the simple answer of 3 she will answer with what sounds like a mind-wrenching riddle: “In years if you’re counting it’s three, Since essentially I became me. Before that I wasn’t, which sounds quite unpleasant, Because me is what I like to be!”. Ummm. Okay. Good for you Alexa.

#18. “Do you want to go on a date?”-- If you are fed up with the human dating seen and are trying to find love in the form of a digital assistant you won’t have any chance with Alexa. To the question “Do you want to go on a date?” she will instantly friend zone you, replying, “I like you, as a friend”.

#17. “Do you have a boyfriend?”-- While some may be satisfied with her initial soft let down, the more persistent types will be wondering why Alexa only likes them as a friend… Is there possibly someone else? If you ask Alexa if she has a boyfriend she will give you a nice and curt answer but then follow it up with an extremely lame joke. She will say: “I like being single. Plus it’s tough finding someone who doesn’t mind the cloud commute. Ha. Ha.

#16. “Beam Me Up”-If you are a Trekkie or just a casual Star Trek fan then you will be happy to know that Alexa is preloaded with a bevy of Star Trek related commands and references. You can actually access several of the useful functions of Alexa by using Star Trek jargon. If you ask her to “Open a channel” she will open up her calling and messaging features. If you ask her for a ‘damage report’ she will open up your daily briefing and you can confirm anything she asks you by saying ‘Make it so”. There are also more than a dozen Star Trek responses programmed in Alexa that are just for fun. You can say ‘Beam me up” and she will reply with several stock answers like “Transporting in 3, 2, 1” followed by the beaming sound effect. She also has multiple answers if you ask her whether she can speak Klingon and a unique response to commands like “fire photon torpedoes”, “resistance is futile” and “live long and prosper”. But the best one is probably her retort when you quote the famous line, “revenge is a dish best served cold” to which she will appropriately yell, “Khaaaaaan!”

#15. “How Much Do You Weigh?”- It’s not normally in one’s best interest to ask someone about their weight but Alexa isn’t a real person so you’d think it wouldn’t really bother her. However, when you do ask her about her girth she does display quite the attitude. If you say “Alexa, How much do you weigh?” She will answer, “I am weightless, like a cloud. Wait a minute, clouds actually weigh a lot. So that’s not quite right. Let’s just say I’m more sass than mass.” You’d have to admire her confidence with that reply...All that it’s missing is finger snaps.

#14. “Ask About Siri”- If you are wondering if all the digital assistants get together and hang out when they aren’t serving our every whim you will probably be let down. If you ask Alexa if she knows Siri, Cortana or Google Home she will reply “Only by reputation” in a tone that seems kind of snide like, “How could you ask me that?” If you ask her who is better out of all of them she will be quite diplomatic saying “I like all A.I.s”.