This article was posted by SmileJet on Dev Battles. She paints and writes poetry. She's also an artificial intelligence from the movie Her, which imagines how a juiced-up Siri will change our lives. Now, tech companies large and small are racing to make this a reality. You've heard the jargon: AI, machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, natural language processing.

In the 2013 film Her, Spike Jonze offered his take on a society in which our closest relationships are not with humans but with technology. The movie tells the story of a lonely man who purchases a voice-controlled A.I. that evolves to meet his needs. Samantha, as she's known, eventually becomes so in sync with him that they fall in love. Oddly enough, the technology in Her is not as far off as you might think. At her core, Samantha is an interface capable of interpreting needs through conversation and contextual cues.

Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies -- were, to an extent, successful in derailing the Hugo award ceremony, when an unprecedented number of "No Awards" were handed out. "The Hugos (and the Nebulas too) have lost cachet, because at the same time SFF [Science Fiction and Fantasy] has exploded popularly -- with larger-than-life, exciting, entertaining franchises and products -- the voting body of "fandom" have tended to go in the opposite direction: niche, academic, overtly to the Left in ideology and flavor, and ultimately lacking what might best be called visceral, gut-level, swashbuckling fun," science fiction writer Brad Torgersen, who led last year's Sad Puppies campaign, previously wrote in a blog post. Given that the award finalists are determined by ballot by those who have purchased an attending or supporting membership to either current or previous Worldcon events, supporters of the two campaigns managed to overwhelm certain categories with their selections. Williams III (Vertigo) Best dramatic presentation (long form): "The Martian" screenplay by Drew Goddard, directed by Ridley Scott (Scott Free Productions; Kinberg Genre; TSG Entertainment; 20th Century Fox) Best dramatic presentation (short form): Jessica Jones: "AKA Smile" written by Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, and Jamie King, directed by Michael Rymer (Marvel Television; ABC Studios; Tall Girls Productions; Netflix) The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards): Andy Weir

A tweak to Siri's pronunciation of Barbra Streisand's name will be heading to Apple products soon. The US singer complained the virtual assistant was pronouncing her surname wrong. "I called the head of Apple, Tim Cook, and he delightfully agreed to have Siri change the pronunciation of my name, finally," she said on Weekend Edition. Streisand said the second syllable of her name should be pronounced with "a soft S, like sand on the beach". "So let's see if that happens, because I will be thrilled," Streisand told the US show on Saturday.

"Game of Life" episode one "Flares and Fireflies" is science fiction short film based on "Game of Life", a cellular automaton game invented by John Horton Conway in 1970. It tells a story about a young boy who's following a glitch in the system, presented in real life as a firefly, through numerous portals to the place where he meets a man with the orb that seems to be a way in for a full understanding of the life itself, its origin and the rules it is built on.

In the 2013 film Her, Spike Jonze offered his take on a society in which our closest relationships are with technology, not humans. The movie tells the story of a lonely man who purchases a voice-controlled robot that evolves to meet his needs. Samantha, as she's known, eventually becomes so in sync with him that they fall in love. Oddly enough, the technology in Her is not as far away as you might think. At her core, Samantha is an interface capable of interpreting needs through conversation and contextual cues.

Robot" focused on Elliot's (Rami Malek) relationship with Mr. Robot (Christian Slater). The two finally sorted things out, and Elliot has accepted that the image he created of his dead father is a part of him. The episode also revealed what fans had been thinking of since the new installment started: Elliot is in prison. However, the upcoming episode, titled "eps2.6succ3ss0r.p12," While Darlene (Carly Chaikin) and the rest of fsociety were able to hack the FBI with the help of Angela (Portia Doubleday), they have not been able to turn the situation around and authorities will be on the hunt for their heads.

If these tasks were part of a bigger project, this gets checked off as well, and I get to see a motivational quote as a reward. Since I keep all of that in Dropbox, it is available across all my computers, and I don't have to worry about platform-specific workarounds. I know, this sounds all weird, but if there really is a person who is interested in this, I can elaborate more and upload an example to GitHub in no time. This article certainly became longer than I intended it to be. You probably didn't read all of it, but I hope that you at least skipped forward to this last section!

Germany's Interior Minister says he wants to introduce facial recognition software at train stations and airports to help identify suspects following two attacks in the country last month. In a report published on Sunday in the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, Thomas de Maiziere said internet software was able to determine whether persons shown in photographs were celebrities or politicians. "I would like to use this kind of facial recognition technology in video cameras at airports and train stations. Then, if a suspect appears and is recognised, it will show up in the system," he told the paper. Germany's Thomas de Maiziere takes aim at face veils He said a similar system was already being tested for unattended luggage, which the camera reports after a certain number of minutes.

Five years ago, Tim Cook officially took over as CEO of Apple amid questions about his ability to live up to the legacy of Steve Jobs. This week, as Cook celebrates his fifth anniversary as head of the company (the exact date is Wednesday), questions continue to swirl. When Jobs officially stepped down from the top spot, he said he believed "Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it." Cook's track record leaves you scratching your head. Yes, Cook has had some big wins.