Well, that's the sort of the personal digital assistant I actually want - something to manage my inbox/diary, respond to the trivial stuff (which is most things

Well, that's the sort of the personal digital assistant I actually want - something to manage my inbox/diary, respond to the trivial stuff (which is most things) and then escalate to me the things that are beyond it's scope (or things from experience it knows I want to see). Of course, I'll stop reading what my "assistant" has said on my behalf after the first week and it'll spiral out of control from there.