DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. Wasn't it the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" when we became afraid technology could outsmart us?</s>DOUGLAS RAIN: (As HAL 9000) I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: Well, in 2018, it's a bird outsmarting us using technology.</s>PETRA: Alexa? All lights on.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: That's a parrot named Petra. She has learned to use a smart speaker, and she is terrorizing her owner by turning the lights on and off all day long. It's MORNING EDITION.
The parrot, named Petra, has learned to use a smart speaker, and she's terrorizing her owner by turning the lights on and off all day.