{"id":12228,"date":"2026-08-26T08:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=12228"},"modified":"2026-08-26T08:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:40:18","slug":"siri-and-her-siblings-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2026\/08\/26\/siri-and-her-siblings-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Siri and Her Siblings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1360\" height=\"1088\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/05\/Siri.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2503052503052503;width:613px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/05\/Siri.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/05\/Siri-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/05\/Siri-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/05\/Siri-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1360px) 100vw, 1360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0You have probably collaborated with Siri, one of the first generation of\u00a0<strong>Personal Assistants<\/strong>, or one of her many siblings, or possibly you\u2019ve seen the film \u201cHer\u201d<strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0 These software agents will ostensibly know enough about you, and be tirelessly connected and competent enough regarding all things digital, to be your concierge, research assistant, tutor, etc. \u00a0They are not limited to a mobile existence, but that is where they will shine, brilliantly in your service, at your hand, whenever you need them. The latest generation of AI-driven personal agents make the original Siri seem impotent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>523 Inspiration:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Imagine the world for learners when Siri grows up. &nbsp;It will be very soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussion:\u00a0 \u00a0You have probably collaborated with Siri, one of the first generation of\u00a0Personal Assistants, or one of her many siblings, or possibly you\u2019ve seen the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2026\/08\/26\/siri-and-her-siblings-6\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Siri and Her Siblings<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-w01-frontiers-poll","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12230,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12228\/revisions\/12230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}