Alexa also speaks “in italics”

Also Alexa Follow your mode TikTok: the voice assistant now speak out “in italics“. It seems that Amazon has sent its artificial intelligence to repeat the ‘professor’ Elisa Espositothe Tiktoker who launched fashion on social media.

Alexa, speak in italics

The influencer Elisa Esposito has made the fashion of “speaking in cursive” become popular, distorting the words and pronouncing them with a particular cadence. With a series of funny videos, Esposito explained how to say “pupilsœInstead of alumni to millions of people on TikTok.

Among which there is Alexa. In fact, when the user TheAvalo asked Alexa to speak in italics, she replied: “I really can’t do it, Amicœ. I follow all the lessons in italics, but I did not pass the exam. and I thought that in 2022 there would be flying cars. Other than italics, Amicœ“.

But if at first Alexa wanted to put a sarcastic note, she soon realized she was acting a bit too boomer and wanted to fix it. In fact, the answer to the question has already changed. Now she replies: “Of course, Amicœ. I studied, and now are among the best Alunnœ. I follow all the cursive lessons and I can’t wait for the next verification ”. You can see it in this video by Lorenzo Perucci.

In short, it seems that the lessons of ‘professor’ Esposito have paid off: Alexa is now fluent in italics. A fun option. Although we hope it never responds to random requests like this: we are convinced that many people would think that Amazon’s voice assistant has broken.