Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Poet Robots
The virtual assistant is becoming more and more a part of everyday life. But Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa don’t seem to be getting any more human. That is a problem. Imagine spending a day with a coworker you’d describe as “robotic.”
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe virtual assistant is becoming more and more a part of everyday life. But Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa don’t seem to be getting any more human. That is a problem. Imagine spending a day with a coworker you’d describe as “robotic.” Now the tech gurus of Silicon Valley are trying to do something about making our robots friends more friendly, with the help of writers and poets.
