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Naughty Alexa!

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Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to touch live plug with penny.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59810383

I wonder what the legal position would be if someone had followed Alexa's instructions and not survived? Manslaughter?

Besides the chance of a severe electric shock, burns from the flash would have been very likely.

Having once cut a 6 mm² twin & earth cable which was live with a pair of side-cutters, (fortunately insulated), the flash and the bang is still clear in my mind. My Bahco side-cutters were not too good looking either...

I had earlier taken the fuse (30A) out, and then put it back in......  

Clive

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  • Perhaps it's US-focused.  Wouldn't the pin-sleeving of any modern BS1363 item (such as a charger) prevent the pins being live and accessible?  But it's still a good indication of the never ending teething problems of the wonderful artificial intelligence.

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  • Perhaps it's US-focused.  Wouldn't the pin-sleeving of any modern BS1363 item (such as a charger) prevent the pins being live and accessible?  But it's still a good indication of the never ending teething problems of the wonderful artificial intelligence.

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