The sci-fi machines that talk, but only about one thing
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#7724Q)
Modern voice AI can talk about anything, which is the problem: do you want therapy from your fridge? On his blog Interconnected, Matt Webb posted excerpts from sci-fi stories about machines that talk only about one thing.
Like this ATM that discourages long convos:
He headed for the ATM in the back... he knew it was watching him as he walked up to it.
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