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Man Hacks Big Mouth Billy Bass To Speak In Robot Voice

Man Hacks Big Mouth Billy Bass To Speak In Robot Voice

The future is now and it is terrifying. Influenced by the terrifying reality robots will soon rule the world, Brian Kane decided to jumpstart the revolution by programming his Big Mouth Billy Bass to give him weather updates through the voice of Alexa, Amazon's Artificial Intelligence Character.Everyone who has been watching Westworld this season knows eventually Artificial Intelligence is going to take our jobs and run the world and if it all starts with a Big Mouth Billy Bass, we know exactly who to blame.Big Mouth Billy Bass, known best for singing "Don't Worry Be Happy" on the wall in everyone's uncle's garage, was hacked by the Rhode Island teacher in a demo for his class. Kane's explanation of the hack, via Mashable, "This piece was an in-class demo to show the students how to rapid prototype a concept and get it working quickly, so that we can test new ideas on people and make decisions,"Artificial intelligence is nothing new to the world, and many modern anglers have been using technology to track and catch fish for years, but this might be the single biggest piece of technology to hit the fishing world since the trolling motor.Image via Nerdist

Updated November 7th, 2016 at 5:20 PM CT