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Pointless sports blather is becoming too much for even our electronics to take

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Pointless sports blather is becoming too much for even our electronics to take
Fox broadcasters Joe Davis and John Smoltz in the broadcast booth during a baseball game.
Fox broadcasters Joe Davis, left, and John Smoltz work in the booth during Game 2 of the MLB World Series. Fox Sports via Getty Images

She was, I suppose, entitled to blow her sensors. 

Tuesday night, I was watching — trying to watch — Game 4 of the World Series on Fox, when there was a loud disturbance in the hallway. It was, without human prompting, Alexa, and she was angry: 

“Enough! Turn that guy off or kiss me goodbye! It’s either me or him!” 

And so John Smoltz had done it. He had infuriated Alexa, artificial intelligence. And beware a woman gizmo scorned! 

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