Meet the woman who lives inside your iPhone.
Writer and poet Mariana Lin was recruited by Apple to write the
personality for Siri, and went on to write for other artificially
intelligent personalities, like Sophia. This week's show explores the
thinking behind creating a personality and "voice" for machines—from
their humor to their backstories. Mariana was tasked with considering
machines living in other cultures, and how they should
respond to racist, sexually charged, or other offensive speech. And she
was challenged to imbue them with whimsy, nuance, and complexity.
Hear about how
Mariana’s love of language, fiction, and poetry is influencing a new
cast of characters living in our world.
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(Broadcast date: September 18, 2019)
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