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I swear Samsung (Korean) appliances took this to a different extreme with washing machines that proudly sing their end-of-cycle song that cannot be turned off without significant hacking.

I do wish backup beepers would be banned worldwide and replaced with white noise warnings.

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I have one of those washing machines! It’s so pleased with itself when it finishes and is an amusing contrast to the Miele dishwasher’s 4 stern German beeps

Imagine if/when appliances have general AI. Will their cycle-finishing be cracking a joke or having an orgasm? And, will you have a choice as to which? Will they refuse to comply if you don't talk nicely to them, will they get passive-aggressive/maliciously-compliant, and will they hold a grudge?

And will you have problems if your dishwasher finds your fridge an annoying jerk?

Or, say, your Samsung washing machine detects on your home network your Bosh fridge and try to use any vulnerability to brick it (and the fridge tries to brick the washing machine too). Appliance war...

If people know this, it would be a incentive for consumer to buy all from the same brand. If all manufactures knows this, they would need to pay more attention to security (or at least resilience).

Not sure what/who wins in the end

They'll be hacking each other and fighting with knives and silverware when your back is turned.

Imagine having to discipline your appliances after they blame each other for starting it.

the black mirror we deserve

I'd be more worried if my dishwasher found me an annoying jerk.

Douglas Adams described automatic doors and elevators that emit small pleasure sounds as they opened decades ago (in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy)!

The parody future is now!

Red Dwarf has an AI toaster that keeps trying to coax Lister into having toast and loudly complains about the misery of being a toaster that doesn't get to fullfil it's life purpose when he doesn't want any.

Patent pending!

My LG washing machine does the same. Additionally, Korean convenience stores usually play something like a midi Für Elise when the front door opens as opposed to a bell. Even luggage cars in airports do the same.

I have a cheap Chinese-made doorbell with eight tune settings. The first is Fur Elise, and the traditional "ding dong" is number eight. Any time the power goes off it resets to number one. Needless to say I have given up clicking the button and resigned to my fate as a Fur-Elise-Doorbell-Person.

No Ode to Joy or Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565)? D:

I had a Samsung washing machine a few years ago. It had a button to toggle sounds on/off. Unfortunately, I still wanted some notification when the cycle finished so I just had to leave the sounds on. I kind of grew to like it but my occasional guests thought it was annoying.

I got a japanese rice cooker that would play cheerful songs once it finished. Cute the first time, but annoying after that. Fortunately they could be switched to simple beeps.

I have a water kettle that plays a song whenever it finishes boiling. You can turn it off... and it resets back on whenever you unplug it to fill it with water.

Sharp's appliances in Japan aggressively talks about notification, some tips. and so on.

Maybe that's where Alexa picked up her habits.

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