Recently Cult of Mac described how among Siri’s Easter eggs is a whole back story — programmed by her creators, and accessible by asking just the right questions.
Beginning life as a five-year DARPA-backed project to build an intelligent virtual assistant, Siri certainly has some stories to tell: if only we could gain access to them.
When I wrote my story a couple of weeks ago, I asked readers to send in any insights they managed to unlock. Dallas-based tech columnist and CoM reader Jim Rossman read the article and sent in some interesting screenshots from his own conversations with Siri — revealing some insights that go beyond her usual “I was designed by Apple in California” spiel.
Giving a suitably cutesy retelling of her acquisition by Apple, Siri namechecks ELIZA: the famous “chatterbot” programmed at MIT during the 1960s.
Siri’s response to Rossman’s suggestion that she “tell [him] a story” is reproduced below.
Have you had any interesting answers from Siri that shed a bit more light on her history? Post them in the comments box below.
Thanks: Jim Rossman
