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Sorry, I don't see Eric in your contacts.

sweetkid — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:18:55 -0800

Siri meets Furby. (SLYT)

By: ZeusHumms

ZeusHumms — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:26:13 -0800

So wrong ... This makes me want to try this with a Teddy Ruxpin.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:33:32 -0800

I am not comfortable with the machines fraternizing.

By: sweetkid

sweetkid — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:34:54 -0800

Furby always freaked the hell out of me.

By: Nackt

Nackt — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:59:52 -0800

When my new iPhone 4S gets here, I am going to the nearest toy store and getting a talking stuffed animal just to try this. It would only lead to awesome things and the rise of Skynet.

By: brennen

brennen — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:14:45 -0800

I am not comfortable with the machines fraternizing. Just wait until the miscegenation starts in earnest.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:16:14 -0800

Eh, I was hoping that would be a lot better, but I forgot that Furbish is really limited, and Siri's language parsers are probably way too smart to deal with that gibberish. Lazyweb idea: Scrape a database of automatic YouTube captions, run them through a Markov generator and output as a steady stream of text, feed that into an arbitrary number of Google Translate calls strung together, then output that as voice to Siri. Bonus points for feeding Siri back into a YouTube CC generator and running it through a Telephone game chain something like the above fast enough to make Siri start talking to itself with some real complexity.

By: Anything

Anything — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:16:45 -0800

This is how Furby behaves with your iPhone. This is how Furby behaves with your iPhone unless you are logged in to your bank account.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:18:04 -0800

Also, they should try it with a trained/evolved Furby that speaks more English.

By: villanelles at dawn

villanelles at dawn — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:27:49 -0800

I'm pretty upset that it got my name out of a burp and some cackles. Not cool, Siri.

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:34:55 -0800

Just wait until the miscegenation starts in earnest. Do I hear gears grinding in the distance?

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:35:18 -0800

THE SINGULARITY IS NIGH But incomprehensible, which I guess makes sense.

By: brennen

brennen — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:51:44 -0800

My favorite notion of the Singularity might be the one where it happened years ago and no one really noticed.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:13:27 -0800

My favorite notion of the Singularity might be the one where it happened years ago and no one really noticed. If so, can we please reboot the simulator? I think the settings are screwed up.

By: lazaruslong

lazaruslong — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:18:56 -0800

Upon reboot, I would suggest a couple startup programs that should be removed.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:26:49 -0800

Anachroni-tastic! Now let's add in a Speak & Spell for another decade?

By: GenjiandProust

GenjiandProust — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:22:44 -0800

Take that, would-be robot overlords (robo-overlords? roboverlords?!

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:59:57 -0800

Anachroni-tastic! Now let's add in a Speak & Spell for another decade? It'd just phone home.

By: wierdo

wierdo — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:09:41 -0800

So I should dig through the closet and find my SO's old Furby?

By: seanmpuckett

seanmpuckett — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:27:42 -0800

Siri vs. Talking Carl would be awesome but I don't have two phones handy.

By: sweetkid

sweetkid — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:51:46 -0800

I think Billy Big Mouth Bass might be fun to try, but does Siri respond to singing?

By: The otter lady

The otter lady — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:14:31 -0800

Need some way to hook it up to MegaHAL.

By: yellowbinder

yellowbinder — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:37:28 -0800

Don't get Siri high and ask her philosophical questions.

By: awfurby

awfurby — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:37:35 -0800

Also, they should try it with a trained/evolved Furby that speaks more English. I was asked to do the gig but unfortunately I was otherwise occupied.

By: deborah

deborah — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:06:27 -0800

I really want to know what Siri would say when confronted with Simlish.

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:38:38 -0800

Things that are fun to say to Siri: "Siri, show me boobs." (It will pull up a list of the nearest strip clubs -- seriously! Don't ask which member of my household figured THAT out this weekend...) Things that would be terrifying to say to Siri: (same thing, but in Furbish, and it finds you strip clubs that cater to furries).