There's a Startup That's Building the AI From 'Her'

To date, the promises of AI have largely remained unfulfilled. Real artificial intelligence--the kind that thinks; the kind that feels; the kind that observes; the kind you might fall in love with if you're not careful--is still a developer's daydream. Meanwhile, the AI we do have seem trapped in the same cycle of incremental evolution as the devices they inhabit. Maybe AI isn't supposed to be an app on a smartphone, or a software program on a speaker. Maybe it demands a dedicated device. Maybe it deserves its own body--not a humanoid body, of course, but a practical one; a body that allows it to integrate meaningfully and unobtrusively into your life.