Forget Skynet: Big Mouth Billy Bass with Alexa is the tech hell we deserve

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Back in 2016, an absolute madman hacked a Big Mouth Billy Bass to speak using the Alexa API. It was weird. The soulless monsters over at Gemmy Industries evidently took notice, though, and have engineered an official Alexa-powered singing fish. What have we wrought?

You can inflict the Speaking Sensation himself on a loved one or mortal enemy for just $39.99 — talk about a bargain. He connects to Echo devices over Bluetooth, and will dance to any music you put on. Billy can even mouth Alexa's answers to your inquiries.


Do we deserve better? I don't know anymore. 

It's not clear from the Amazon listing whether the fish's Bluetooth connectivity can be used to perform similar acts of existential horror using your phone or a Bluetooth-compatible Google Assistant speaker; it only mentions Alexa. Even if it can't, Billy will still sing "Fishin' Time" — I don't know what that is, and I'm not sure I want to — when you press his button.

Pre-orders are open now, with general availability starting December 1.

God help us.


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