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Re:Go Ahead and Date Your Digital Assistant by Mandatum on Monday May 08, 2017 @03:58AM (#14289957)
J.A.R.V.I.S (re-imagined as AI for Iron Man movies) is the only one I can think of, and Alfred App for OSX in a similar role (no voice, but name of digital "assistant").
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Re:Go Ahead and Date Your Digital Assistant by RugnirViking on Monday May 08, 2017 @07:20AM (#14290680)
> J.A.R.V.I.S (re-imagined as AI for Iron Man movies)

Apologies for the ignorance, but what was he in the comics?

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Re:Go Ahead and Date Your Digital Assistant by Mandatum on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @01:55AM (#14298007)
He was an actual butler.
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