> It feels like the more specialized the purpose, the less likely I am to want to talk to it. This is the essence of it; and it follows not just for "shouldn't

> It feels like the more specialized the purpose, the less likely I am to want to talk to it. This is the essence of it; and it follows not just for "shouldn't be a computer" appliances but also software. People in tech tend of to forget about the array of hyper-specialist software that exists in the wild, from little point of sales to industrial machines. I have little interest in talking to a coffee machine or automated transport ticket machine. Flat White. Day ticket. That would do, thanks.