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Re:Siri is Apple's Answer to the Future and Google on Monday October 10, 2011 @05:24PM (#3095928)
Fair point. I can't wait for the youtube videos showcasing both amazing and horrific Siri interpretations. We're probably 6 months from an SNL skit.
Re:Siri is Apple's Answer to the Future and Google on Monday October 10, 2011 @01:21PM (#3094784)
It's more of a strategic answer than a technological one. Per usual, Apple is taking a different user experience approach to the problem. It would be difficult for Google to mimic as their main monetization driver (Adwords) depends on their current model of search.

As far as their NLP technologies, I don't know enough about what they respectively have under the hood. I will say that Siri's ability to understand a variety of human phrases and contexts was more impressive than anything I've publicly seen from Google.

Re:Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript - MDC Docs on Wednesday May 04, 2011 @11:34AM (#2514150)
Presumably if the gender property is deleted the prototype.gender will come through