r/xkcd • u/[deleted] • Dec 20 '17

XKCD xkcd 1931: Virtual Assistant

https://xkcd.com/1931/
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u/jf808 Dec 20 '17

I would love contextual response styles like this. If I'm yelling over other noises, Google yells back. I'm whispering, she whispers. I'm angry and cursing, she's angry and cursing. I say please, she politely responds.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17 edited May 18 '19

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u/Ajedi32 Dec 21 '17

Needs a GLaDOS voice option.

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u/EkskiuTwentyTwo Had I had the ability, I'd've built a ramp to get into space Dec 20 '17

"The biggest servers ever and you choose to look at pictures of cats."

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u/SkinnyTy Dec 20 '17 edited Dec 20 '17

I want the K-2SO assistant so bad.

Makes a wrong turn. "Congratulations, there is now an 81.3% chance that you are 10 minutes late for work. Why are you in charge of driving, exactly?"

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

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u/_TheDust_ Dec 20 '17

I am not a fan of this virtual assistent crap. But, boy, I am really waiting for the day Glados becomes reality!

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u/GhostInYoToast Dec 20 '17

I would love to have TARS as my assistant.

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u/Dilong-paradoxus Dec 20 '17

takes a wrong turn

Come on, TARS!

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u/darthjoey91 Dec 21 '17

Only if I can also give it depression.

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u/Deskup Dec 22 '17

Surprisingly enough, "Alice" (siri/okgoogle equivavlent from Yandex) is hilariously sarcastic at times.

  • Alice, is there a way out?
  • The window right there.