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The Future Of The Virtual Personal Assistant
- taliesinb 15y agoSRI research has covered a remarkably wide range of fields, from avian flu drugs to the Kevlar-replacement Zylon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRI_International#Diversification http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRI_International#Diversificati... I'd be interested to learn how much real natural language and dialog system technology made it into the Siri spinoff (rather than just inspiration).
- doctoboggan 15y ago>Without a doubt, Siri was a great achievement for Apple and Steve Jobs, helping to introduce virtual personal assistants to millions of consumers, and changing forever the way we view our smartphones. That is pushing it a little too far in my opinion. To most people I know Siri was a novelty that has already worn off.