Reminds me of back when we still used answering machines. I got home from work one day just in time to hear my machine answer a call from a robo-sales auto-dialer. Mine beeps and clicks, theirs gives it’s sales pitch, mine beeps some more, theirs beeps a couple of times and hangs up mine beeps and hangs up and all I can think to say is “Whatever the hell you just bought I’m NOT paying for it!”.
As long as a major corporation is behind them, these smart assistants will always have a “newer, better” version on the horizon, and a marketing push (perhaps even partially built in to the assistant itself) to promote it. Just look at the annual lineups to purchase the newer model of iPhone, for example.
INTERESTINGLY (well, to me, anyway) I took a survey today asking how interested I was in Smart House technology. I gave it an “EXTREMELY UNINTERESTED”. I don’t like appliances that remind me of things; cars that talk to me or nag me; and I fer bloodyblueblazes sure don’t want a house doing that stuff.
Use a hand held phone while driving and they hand you a big ticket. I just spent 2 hours with a driver weaving all over the road trying to figure out her “Infotainment” system while driving. Those things are life threatening !! And you can’t even buy a car any more without them.
Enter.Name.Here over 6 years ago
How Skynet’s parent met up.
x_Tech over 6 years ago
This is Colossus, this is the voice of World Control.
Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
It all went wrong when robots figured out that humans were the world’s biggest threat.
ellisaana Premium Member over 6 years ago
Bring on the driver-less cars.
keenanthelibrarian over 6 years ago
Bob, you silly ba###rd!
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 6 years ago
When AI takes over in the singularity, we are doomed.
Crowmeus over 6 years ago
They’ll start fighting with each other soon enough.
http://www.gocomics.com/speedbump/2018/01/30?ct=v&cti=1487153
Dobby53 Premium Member over 6 years ago
And then the cat came in and knocked them both onto the floor into the water dish and saved us.
Linguist over 6 years ago
Do people Siriously rely on these apps. ?
Varnes over 6 years ago
When the robots get surly, I get out my baseball bat…
Nyckname over 6 years ago
They better Google “electromagnetic pulse” before they fry themselves.
NRHAWK Premium Member over 6 years ago
Reminds me of back when we still used answering machines. I got home from work one day just in time to hear my machine answer a call from a robo-sales auto-dialer. Mine beeps and clicks, theirs gives it’s sales pitch, mine beeps some more, theirs beeps a couple of times and hangs up mine beeps and hangs up and all I can think to say is “Whatever the hell you just bought I’m NOT paying for it!”.
freewaydog over 6 years ago
They had a similar storyline to this w/ Brewster Rockit, I think.
nosirrom over 6 years ago
I wonder how R. Daneel Olivaw and R. Giskard Reventlov feel about this.
Nuliajuk over 6 years ago
I was offered a smartphone version of a household thermostat when mine needed replacing a few weeks ago. No thanks!
moontime70 over 6 years ago
So this is how the world ends. AI taking over humans due to our own laziness and complacency.
rickseg over 6 years ago
Mr. Carleton from “Wings” would drive Siri crazy!
MS72 over 6 years ago
“Good Morning, Dave”
MS72 over 6 years ago
“Good Morning, Dave”
GreenT267 over 6 years ago
Good Morning, Hal.
Lady Bri over 6 years ago
Hehe, Wiley copied Speed Bump: http://www.gocomics.com/speedbump/2018/01/30?ct=v&cti=1984103
mr_sherman Premium Member over 6 years ago
@Linguist: I will answer your question with another: How many people get lost or in trouble trusting their GPS?
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 6 years ago
Let Surly (from Diamond Lil) join in.
ms-ss over 6 years ago
I have been wondering for the last half hour—what can you say to get Siri and Alexa to start talking to each other?
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 6 years ago
How to fight back: (courtesy of Star Trek). “Siri, everything I say is a lie. Am I lying when I say that?”
marilynnbyerly over 6 years ago
I just finished shopping for a new washer and dryer set. They now come with wifi and computer access for the smart phone. Aaaach!
kodj kodjin over 6 years ago
I’m looking for the most basic washer and dryer that I can find; ones with mechanical twist nobs like 20 years ago. Are there any out there?
HidariMak1 over 6 years ago
As long as a major corporation is behind them, these smart assistants will always have a “newer, better” version on the horizon, and a marketing push (perhaps even partially built in to the assistant itself) to promote it. Just look at the annual lineups to purchase the newer model of iPhone, for example.
greenearthman over 6 years ago
Got a Kindle last year. I love it. Alexa, not so much. Give me google voice, anytime.
pcolli over 6 years ago
“Cortana, go jump in the lake.”
dogday Premium Member over 6 years ago
INTERESTINGLY (well, to me, anyway) I took a survey today asking how interested I was in Smart House technology. I gave it an “EXTREMELY UNINTERESTED”. I don’t like appliances that remind me of things; cars that talk to me or nag me; and I fer bloodyblueblazes sure don’t want a house doing that stuff.
somebodyshort over 6 years ago
Use a hand held phone while driving and they hand you a big ticket. I just spent 2 hours with a driver weaving all over the road trying to figure out her “Infotainment” system while driving. Those things are life threatening !! And you can’t even buy a car any more without them.
GiantShetlandPony over 6 years ago
It seems that bots have largely taken over social media already.
Kind&Kinder over 6 years ago
I wonder if machines can produce mechotestosterone. That’d be one helluva bar fight. A different kind of Transformers!
phredturner over 6 years ago
Why do you want to plant these listening devices in your home?
chain gang charlie over 6 years ago
As long as we Luddites can throw rocks and hide in caves there’s not to Worry…
Corey Cohen over 6 years ago
But why would Bob have left the remote in the… wait.