Not to bother you with a study from the University of the Obvious, but if you think about the history of technologically-facilitated intelligent agents the goal always seems to be to sub in for a clever, always-on human personal assistant. There's a reason that hyper-busy, well-compensated folk have such staffers on the payroll: they make things easier.
Need a file for that meeting, or background on the attendees? Running late and need to tell them? Want to know which flights are delayed before you head to the airport, or where to park near the place you're having lunch? With a personal assistant, one call or text and you've got it handled.
We can't all have personal aides, but a lot of us have smartphones. Siri tackles the question of accessing your data o
