Why Siri - a virtual assistant - is possible

Siri co-founder and CTO Tom Gruber on turning your iPhone into a personal conciergeWe're a long way from Ask Jeeves, the butler assistant that helped you search and find stuff on the Web. Siri, which recently came out of stealth mode, is a virtual assitant on the iPhone. Sure, it's not super sophisticated to be able to organize your child's birthday party. But it's the closest thing to a real assistant that you can talk to that I've ever seen.The free iPhone app, which applies speech-to-text and text-to-intent technology to Web services, such as Yelp, OpenTable,  ticket reservation systems, Google Maps, etc., helps consumers get tasks done. It will be available in private beta to a select few (tens of thousands) in August. If you don't have an iPhone, don't worry. Siri will ... [http://vator.tv/n/8fa read more]

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[epgomez]

those who commented on my comment here doesnt really understand computers. the one who called me an ahole is an idiot. computers will always be input and output meaning it will wait for you to say something or do something before acting on it. to simulate initiative it will a roll of dice to start it rolling.

[SupaPoopaScoopa]

@epgomez anything understood can be written.

[wellivea1]

this is before apple bought their company for 3 Million

[sanderbreivik]

They added a price tag of $200 ..

[korllark1]

@epgomez you can have a simulated conversation.

[zenon964]

why is this guy holding the phone up to his ear? this pisses me off. not 21st century phone ergonomics

[norwedgianawesomenes]

@epgomez yes. I do think it can, search it up.

[yalittleripper]

That's not a question you muppet :D

[epgomez]

stupid question. you cannot have real conversation with it. free will cannot be programmed.