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You could essentially do the same through Siri - in either event, the separation of the entities still makes sense. I don't personally understand the need to h
by nkozyra 11y ago
You could essentially do the same through Siri - in either event, the separation of the entities still makes sense.
I don't personally understand the need to humanize interactive services and apps, but I guess Siri made that appealing.
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoBecause you're communicating with a device that refers to itself in the first person. Anthropomorphization is inevitable. It's not like this is new, either. 2001 comes to mind immediately, but I'm sure there are plenty of examples that predate HAL.
- pbreit 11y agoThe different names seemed odd to me at first but it's not that big of a deal. I presume Amazon thought about this. An slways-on, self contained voice controlled speaker is an entirely different experience than Siri.