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The pedestrians in several streets of Seattle had a surprise last week when they pressed the buttons of the pedestrian crossings and were not told the usual “walk” or “wait” command, but instead He seemed to listen to Jeff Bezos Imploring that they do not tax the rich.
At least six pedestrian crossings in the city of Washington seemed to be pirate with messages, which seemed to use deep generated by AI to impersonate the voice of the Amazon’s tycoon and the former richest person on earth.
“Hello, it is Jeff Bezos. This crosswalk is sponsored by Amazon Prime with an important message. You know, please, not the rich,” the speakers said.
“Otherwise, all other billionaires will also move to Florida. It will not be terrible if all rich people left Seattle or Luigi-Ed by Luigi Mangione.
It is not clear how the signs of pedestrian crossings or who. It is also unknown if the recordings had some purpose beyond Lamble Bezos, but the local station Kuow suggested that they could be In response to the local opposition of the Seattle technology industry for recently proposed wealth taxes.
For Friday, the Seattle Department of Transportation said it Returned the pedestrian crossings to his Normal function, and characterized the trick as irresponsible and dangerous.
“Audio recordings at cross -crossings play a fundamental role for blind people or have a limited vision, helping them cross the streets safely,” said a spokesman for the department to Kuow.
“We are concerned that someone ignores people’s safety to make a political statement.”
But it was only the last incident to reach a technological center on the west coast.
At the beginning of April, the pedestrian crossings in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Redwood City in Silicon Valley began transmitting depracent recordings that sounded like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
“You know it’s fun, I used to think that it was just this fool, I took S ** t,” said a voice generated of musk when the cross buttons were pressed. “But, well, when you know him, it’s really sweet, tender and loving.”
“Honey, he returns to bed,” said a president Trump who sounds his voice.
Meanwhile, Menlo Park’s pedestrians were received by a false Zuckerberg.
“Hello, this is Mark Zuckerberg, but the real ones call me the Zuck,” said the recording, In accordance with the Times.
“You know, it is normal to feel uncomfortable or even raped, since we insert AI in each facet of your conscious experience, and I just want to make sure you do not need to worry, because there is absolutely not to do what you can do to stop it.” “
It is not clear if there was any connection between the Seattle incident and the recordings of Silicon Valley.
