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HAL 9000′s Apple Sister Siri Goes Nuclear on Google Search–Leo Laporte Warns PubCon to Duck & Cover
James Benham barks orders into his new iPhone4s for the location of a nearby restaurant and a reminder to call his wife when he leaves his office. More than thirty times a day an obedient assistant named Siri serves up answers to Benham.
Siri’s feminine voice eerily sounds like what I imagine to be the sister of HAL 9000 from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick.
Benham and I met for the first … Continue Reading »

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