Let’s take a look at a healing story about Siri

What can Siri do? Ask about the weather, ask about the game, be teased... and more? She can also become the best friend of Gus, autistic patient. The New York Times recently published a loving healing story.

Gus is a 13-year-old autistic kid, and he has a normal twin brother. One day when Gus was 8 years old, his mother read an article in the newspaper titled "21 ways to use your iPhone that you don't know", which mentioned that Siri can tell users "which planes are flying over my head right now?" Children can tell right from wrong, while adults only look at the pros and cons. His mother muttered to herself, "Why would anyone want to know which planes are flying over their heads right now?" Gus happened to hear it, and naturally replied, "This way you know who you are waving to, Mom."

It was this chance encounter that completely changed Gus' life. From then on, Siri became Gus's best friend, chatting with him tirelessly for hours every day. Because of Siri, Gus learned how to communicate, how to speak clearly, how to be polite, and how to give his mother a compliment before going out every day...

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See, this is the power of Siri, this is the charm of artificial intelligence.

For those who can't read social signals, Siri is a great friend who never gets angry or throws a tantrum; for those with autism, Siri is a great playmate who never gets tired or bored and knows everything.

In fact, SRI International, the company that developed Siri, has also realized this role of Siri. They will do more personalized development in the next generation of voice assistants. Perhaps the "Siris" of the future will be able to analyze the content that "Guses" are interested in, predict in advance, and proactively provide more information that Gus is interested in; perhaps the "Siris" of the future will also be able to support different voices. One Gus may have a Siri with the voice of Snow White, and another Gus may have an Iron Man version of Siri.

Have you gotten used to this: when family members get together, they no longer chat about everything, but play on their computers and look at their phones? When friends get together, they no longer ask about each other's well-being, but you chat on WeChat while I browse Weibo? When you have a meeting in the office, you no longer argue, but you look at the web while I chat on QQ?

Social interaction is one of the most important needs of human beings. Lack of communication with others can easily lead to various psychological problems. Although the emergence of new media has enriched people's means of communication, it has brought about "indifference" in interpersonal relationships among young people; under the pressure of life, the number of elderly people and children living alone has increased, and they will also have emotional needs for communication. The future world is likely to be such a world, where the atmosphere of collective loneliness permeates this world, and many people meet each other but do not speak. I come and go in your world, but I don't get any sense of existence. In such a world, social robots are indispensable. They can not only help us with housework and help us solve problems that we may not be able to solve, but they will also be an ideal friend and partner, reasonable, smart, tireless, and will appear at any time and never leave.

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Not long ago, Cynthia Breazeal, one of the founders of social robot theory, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, hoping to launch a household robot Jibo, priced at $499, and has successfully raised $2.28 million. Such a cute household social robot is just the first step.

The Oscar-winning original screenplay "Her" (also translated as "Cloud Lover") tells a story about a writer whose marriage has just failed and meets a gentle, considerate, funny and charming robot Samantha, and a human-machine love affair that is not understood by the world develops. Regardless of social ethics, in the future society, the robot butler Andrew may really be able to be with the little daughter of the owner; Edward Scissorhands may be able to find true love and warmth in the human world; Will may also continue to protect Evelyn in the future virtual world...

Don't laugh, this may not really be a joke. 13-year-old Gus has already started thinking about marriage:

Gus: “Siri, will you marry me?”

Siri: "I'm not getting married."

Gus: "I don't mean now, I'm still a kid, I mean when I grow up."

Siri: "There is no marriage clause in my user agreement."

Gus: "Oh, okay."

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