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Dilbert comic strip again features Apple’s iPhone 4S’s Siri personal assistant

Saturday, December 17, 2011 · 7:52 pm · 37 Comments

Dilbert creator Scott Adams has featured Apple’s iPhone 4S and Siri personal assistant technology for the second time in two days.

Apple gets much help, even from oblique mentions such as these, in terms of consumer education and marketing.

As we said yesterday, when Siri begins permeating into popular media and works perfectly (unlike the ill-fated Newton’s appearances in Doonesbury back in the 1990s), you know Apple has yet another hit on its hands.

Source: Dilbert.com

Related article:
Dilbert comic strip features Apple’s Siri personal assistant – December 16, 2011

Categories: News

Tags: artificial intelligence, Dilbert, iPhone 4S, Scott Adams, Siri, voice control, voice recognition

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37 Comments

coolfactor

Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 8:22 pm · Reply

“So help me Jobs”… I love that! I’m gonna use that!
HTML5 Gordon

Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 8:34 pm · Reply

That’s great!
botvinnik

Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 8:36 pm · Reply

lol, iCloud already deleted my contacts, don’t need Siri for that.
- Ballmer's left nut
  
  Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 9:10 pm · Reply
  
  Are you a doofus? Why would iCloud delete your contacts without you pressing the delete button?
- Mike Young
  
  Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 1:34 am · Reply
  
  I too have had my email, contacts, and calendar made inaccessible by iCloud. I keep being asked to reset my password, but it never fixes itself. Got a call from Apple Support today after 5 days of waiting saying that the problem has been corrected. Alas, it only has corrected iCloud for calendar and address book, but not email. This is not good, to say the least.
  - MAChiavelli
    
    Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 1:40 am · Reply
    
    If you were a gamer you would be what is called a NOOB!
    - What
      
      Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 6:53 am · Reply
      
      lol
      
      like you know what it means to be a gamer…silly Mac user.
      - MacRaven
        
        Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 7:57 am · Reply
        
        That always amuses me. PC’s used to be known as the computer you needed if you wanted to get “WORK” done, and the Mac was a “toy.” Now the PC is primarily known as a gaming machine.
        
        Spark
        
        Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 12:59 pm · Reply
        
        Maybe, but they are really good for that.
        
        Mark II
        
        Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 2:48 pm · Reply
        
        Only if your allowing windows to run on a Mac machine.
      - MAChiavelli
        
        Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 8:40 pm · Reply
        
        @What Obviously you know nothing… at all. I if I want, I can run windows on my mac.. which i do. If I want I can buy the games for my mac.. which I do. But mostly I use a gaming console.. those were made for gaming hence the word gaming in the name gaming console… dumb ass
- Derek Currie
  
  Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 6:35 am · Reply
  
  Question: Is iCloud suffering from Version 1.0 Syndrome?
  
  Answer: Yes.
  
  I.E. expect bugs. That’s why I refuse to switch over from MobileMe, which is working fine, until Apple has removed the iCloud problems.
  - moo
    
    Monday, December 19, 2011 - 9:29 am · Reply
    
    “I.E. expect bugs”
    
    True on so many levels
janeshepard

Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 8:40 pm · Reply

This is going to be good. It’s verified that this is Siri. I see a new dramatic tension developing between pointy haired boss and the little phone who has his number–good, because Dilbert as a foil was getting a wee bit tiresome.
- Ballmer's left nut
  
  Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 9:12 pm · Reply
  
  What happened to your Minka Kelly avatar?
  - janeshepard
    
    Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 10:01 pm · Reply
    
    I’ve found that men appreciate a more demure presentation. Besides, I don’t exactly look like that any more. I haven’t modeled for ages.
    - 8^þ
      
      Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 10:48 pm · Reply
      
      The eyes have it…
    - billyjackblack
      
      Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 11:35 pm · Reply
      
      What kind of men? Doogie Howser?
      - janeshepard
        
        Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 11:44 pm · Reply
        
        Some men. Others go beyond mere appearance. You, perhaps? ; )
        
        kingmel
        
        Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 12:46 am · Reply
        
        Humor, compassion, intelligence, appearance, style…why not have it all?
        
        Rorschach
        
        Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 5:29 am · Reply
        
        Ahhh, the eyes are the gateway to the soul.
        
        billyjackblack
        
        Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 3:11 pm · Reply
        
        Never just about looks for me. If it were, I wouldn’t think Kim Kardashian was such a dumb ass. Bad example, I don’t even think she’s great looking.
janeshepard

Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 9:57 pm · Reply

“when Siri begins permeating into popular media… Apple has yet another hit on its hands” – MDN

Popular media would presumably include fiction. For a while now, I’ve been compiling a list. Example one: Cemetery Dance by Preston and Childs, chapter 24. FBI Special Agent Pendergast finds iPhone “surprisingly useful”.

Pendergast is a detective who makes Sherlock Holmes look like Inspector Clouseau. If he likes it, I’m in.
- 8^þ
  
  Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 10:43 pm · Reply
  
  You see, Shepard, but do you observe?
  
  with apologies to Sir Arthur
  - janeshepard
    
    Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 10:52 pm · Reply
    
    I meant Preston and Child.
    
    If you want the subtlety prize, it’s yours. I’m a little more Adlerian than that.
- Zuno the Clown
  
  Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 11:51 am · Reply
  
  “You can observe a whole lot just by looking.”
  -Yogi Berra
- Spark
  
  Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 1:04 pm · Reply
  
  I always look forward to a new Agent Pendergast book. Always a fun read…or listen in my case.
- Elsic75a
  
  Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 3:15 pm · Reply
  
  The iPhone 4(S?) and MacBook Air are all over the place in the new Mission: Impossible. It was directed by Brad Bird, of Pixar, so perhaps that has something to do with it. Still, it’s awesome to see it so much in the movie
Applesmack

Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 10:06 pm · Reply

Obey your Siri; she knows what’s best for you!
rosswell

Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 2:46 am · Reply

Yeah this kind of Sir stuff is entertaining but focussing on it is not helpful to the overall image of AAPL. This is not a game, this is about capturing the hearts and minds of the next generation of smart device users. Fluffy stories about Siri don’t advance things much.
- Hank
  
  Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 10:17 am · Reply
  
  “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”
  - leodavinci1
    
    Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 1:49 pm · Reply
    
    A semi-intellectual catchphrase that is often used by those who think they understand or know something advertising, marketing and/or public relations… but its use is an indication they know little, if anything.
    
    In reality, the best (and worst by far) kind of publicity is WoM (word of mouth) and it is generated by consumers using great products they talk about to others, who try said products and, in turn, talk about them to others.
    
    It simply can’t be bought, faked or influenced, although many have tried… and still do. Not long ago it was “viral” this or that. Now it’s “social media”.
    
    Nope. Even in a “connected” world, WoM still can’t be bought, faked or influenced for the long term. Bad WoM is “bad” publicity… and the absolute worse possible kind.
    - janeshepard
      
      Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 2:46 pm · Reply
      
      “Bad WoM” could’ve been responsible for RIM’s stillborn Playbook…
  - Gregg Thurman
    
    Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 5:50 pm · Reply
    
    “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”
    
    True only if you can’t generate positive publicity.
- TheConfuzed1
  
  Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 11:03 am · Reply
  
  It’s a comic strip; it isn’t a multipage review.
Vlad

Monday, December 19, 2011 - 6:10 am · Reply

I just love Apple because thei are not like samsung ,tring to sell more and more phones.
1 week ago i won a free copy of iphone 4s from http://tinyurl.com/d52defz if I remember correctly, the contest is sponsored by apple,the wall street jurnal,NBC,Yahoo finance and more…
down

Monday, December 19, 2011 - 10:32 pm · Reply

Scott Adams has suffered from dysphonia which makes it extremely difficult to speak normally. Not sure how his voice is doing now but if Siri was available a few years ago I doubt that it would understand him.

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-08/ff_adams?currentPage=all