I think the point is we gained the scifi UX, and lost most of the interesting plot devices. We got the talking computer without enough self awareness or reliabi

I think the point is we gained the scifi UX, and lost most of the interesting plot devices. We got the talking computer without enough self awareness or reliability or uniqueness compared with other forms of data interrogation to be a particularly interesting plot point. Alexa and Siri and Google Home aren't going to take over the world or try to become human, and aren't infallible or even particularly smart. They're a speech input interfaces over a search engine with some jokes hardcoded in. From a technical standpoint, very impressive; from a fiction standpoint a dead end