{"id":271,"date":"2016-04-09T09:59:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T17:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/?p=271"},"modified":"2016-04-09T09:59:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T17:59:47","slug":"alexa-cortana-and-siri-arent-novelties-anymore-theyre-our-terrifyingly-convenient-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/09\/alexa-cortana-and-siri-arent-novelties-anymore-theyre-our-terrifyingly-convenient-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexa, Cortana, and Siri aren\u2019t novelties anymore. They\u2019re our terrifyingly convenient future."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/cover_story\/2016\/04\/alexa_cortana_and_siri_aren_t_novelties_anymore_they_re_our_terrifyingly.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/abloglikethis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/160330_CS_alexaTuckIn.jpg.CROP_.promo-xlarge2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alexa\u2014and Siri and Cortana and all of the other virtual assistants that now populate our computers, phones, and living rooms\u2014are just beginning to insinuate themselves, sometimes stealthily, sometimes overtly, and sometimes a tad creepily, into the rhythms of our daily lives. As they grow smarter and more capable, they will routinely surprise us by making our lives easier, and we\u2019ll steadily become more reliant on them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/cover_story\/2016\/04\/alexa_cortana_and_siri_aren_t_novelties_anymore_they_re_our_terrifyingly.html\">Alexa, Cortana, and Siri aren\u2019t novelties anymore. They\u2019re our terrifyingly convenient future.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Alexa\u2014and Siri and Cortana and all of the other virtual assistants that now populate our computers, phones, and living rooms\u2014are just beginning to insinuate themselves, sometimes stealthily, sometimes overtly, and sometimes a tad creepily, into the rhythms of our daily lives. As they grow smarter and more capable, they will routinely surprise us by making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-computers","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}