Re: [Fed-Talk] Siri started as DOD project
Re: [Fed-Talk] Siri started as DOD project
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Siri started as DOD project
- From: Joel Esler <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:36:49 -0400
I would think, for you, because of your vision that you'd be hot on that.
J
On Oct 5, 2011, at 7:52 PM, Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
> :0) Okay, I might have exaggerated SLIGHTLY. I know it will be faster, etc. Though the camera talk always reminds me of selling trucks by cupholders instead of engines. But I was one of the folka looking forward to a breakthrough technology. Maybe playing with Siri was a bad thing because the update will be better than I think.
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> On Oct 5, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Joel Esler <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I'm buying the phone JUST for that feature.
>>
>> On Oct 5, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
>>
>>> By the way, Siri is really good at speech recognition, even with my speech defect. It was fun to play with as an app. But starting yesterday it (she?) gave me a "Dear John" (Paul? Ringo? George?) letter saying "I'm moving to Apple 4GS"...So not only did they rob me of the cool phone I was expecting but now they take my app away. :o( It IS a great technology, but not reliable enough to buy or run a $200+ phone for.
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>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Todd Heberlein <email@hidden>
>>> Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 12:52
>>> Subject: [Fed-Talk] Siri started as DOD project
>>> To: email@hidden
>>>
>>>
>>>> Apple's new Siri for the iPhone started out as a DoD project.
>>>>
>>>> DARPA funded SRI in a project called CALO (Cognitive Agent that
>>>> Learns and Organizes). SRI spun out the project into the company
>>>> called Siri, which Apple later bought. Now everyone can have it in
>>>> their iPhone.
>>>>
>>>> The iPhone 4S’ Talking Assistant Is a Military Veteran
>>>> http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/siri-darpa-iphone/
>>>>
>>>> The video is pretty dorky but fun. About 10 years ago I went down
>>>> to SPAWAR to help them write a script like this for cyber
>>>> security. The end result was kind of dorky too, but it was a fun
>>>> exercise.
>>>> Todd
>>>>
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