AUDIO: THE AMAZON ECHO SINGS
The Amazon Echo is one of those newfangled hands-free speakers. It has many uses, from telling you the weather to reading you the news, to, uh, telling you the weather. All for around $180. But also, the device’s personal assistant, Alexa, can be entertaining. Echo owners have recently noticed that if you ask Alexa to sing, she’s been programmed with a song. (audio below)
* Up yours, Siri.
* Tell Alexa not to quit her day job.
* “Alexa can be entertaining”? Sure, if you have a really, really low amusement threshold.
* What did you expect for 180 bucks? Adele?
* Actually, I’d pay $180 bucks not to hear Adele for awhile.
* The singing’s okay but there’s too much echo.
* How much for Alexa to talk dirty to me?
* Okay, how much for it to talk dirty to Siri?
* Now Alexa’s getting a big head and wants her own dressing room.
* Great. Another Tony Bennett duet to look forward to.
* How about a standalone device that memorizes all the passwords to your other devices?
CLIP: Alexa sings.
