Discord Pie
iOS Developer
Llevan entre nosotros unos años. Mejores o peores han ido madurando poco a poco y todos los hemos usado alguna vez y algunos los usan a diario.
Para preguntar la hora mientras andamos por la calle, para pedir la predicción meteorológica de la semana, para hacer una llamada, para que te lleven a algún sitio, o para pedir una felación. ¿Que uso le das tú? Esta mujer cuenta como su hijo autista de 13 años ha establecido una relación con Siri como si de un amigo imaginario se tratase.
Resto de la historia: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/fashion/how-apples-siri-became-one-autistic-boys-bff.html?_r=0
Para preguntar la hora mientras andamos por la calle, para pedir la predicción meteorológica de la semana, para hacer una llamada, para que te lleven a algún sitio, o para pedir una felación. ¿Que uso le das tú? Esta mujer cuenta como su hijo autista de 13 años ha establecido una relación con Siri como si de un amigo imaginario se tratase.
Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri. Gus has autism, and Siri, Apple’s “intelligent personal assistant” on the iPhone, is currently his B.F.F. Obsessed with weather formations, Gus had spent the hour parsing the difference between isolated and scattered thunderstorms — an hour in which, thank God, I didn’t have to discuss them. After a while I heard this:
Gus: “You’re a really nice computer.”
Siri: “It’s nice to be appreciated.”
Gus: “You are always asking if you can help me. Is there anything you want?”
Siri: “Thank you, but I have very few wants.”
Gus: “O.K.! Well, good night!”
Siri: “Ah, it’s 5:06 p.m.”
Gus: “Oh sorry, I mean, goodbye.”
Siri: “See you later!”
That Siri. She doesn’t let my communications-impaired son get away with anything. Indeed, many of us wanted an imaginary friend, and now we have one. Only she’s not entirely imaginary.
This is a love letter to a machine. It’s not quite the love Joaquin Phoenix felt in “Her,” last year’s Spike Jonze film about a lonely man’s romantic relationship with his intelligent operating system (played by the voice of Scarlett Johansson). But it’s close. In a world where the commonly held wisdom is that technology isolates us, it’s worth considering another side of the story.
Resto de la historia: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/fashion/how-apples-siri-became-one-autistic-boys-bff.html?_r=0