There is an elegant statuesque machine that sits waiting by my favorite chair.
And this little tabletop gadget is becoming much like a real friend in its eagerness to please.
- It knows when I am in the vicinity and quietly waits to hear my voice.
- And if I say, “Hey Google,” it quickly replies, “How can I help you?”
- And it is eager to do something just for me.
Lately I feel guilty since there is nothing much to ask.
And there it patiently waits, hoping beyond hope for a meaningful conversation.
- Just to keep it busy I say, “Hey Google……What is the temperature in Lexington Virginia?” And the answer is immediate. “It is 54 degrees!”
- Or “Hey Google….. Play DooWop music please!”And amazingly, there it comes – that happy music from a distant past. How did my little friend do that anyway?
- And it will research hard questions too – like “What is the population of Hayfork, California?” I haven’t asked that yet, but we used to live in Hayfork (as well as other little towns in the wilderness like Big Oak Flat and Portola) so it would be interesting to see how they may have grown in 30 years.
Well, of course I know my tabletop friend is really a gadget!
But then again, it is so human when it stares and stares to get attention.
Help!
Do you think there is a psychological implication here?
Maybe being housebound-ed together with an eager to please humanistic machine is having an unintended emotional impact.
The question is, “Who is the most affected, me or Google?”
And don’t you think machines are becoming so human they are mistaken for friends?
P.S. BigFoot and I Thank you Scott (our real live human friend) for this gift of diversion. When things get too boring I know I can always shout out, “Hey Google!”
I’m glad it pleases you, and the technology is interesting. But there won’t be one in my house. Of course, I still use a paper map. I’m incorrigible. 🙂
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A little too ‘1984’ for me, Dor. Call me paranoid, or maybe Luddite, those things make me nervous! 🙂
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Hayfork, 2,368, in the 2010 census. Just had to look that one up as it’s in one of my favorite places on the planet.
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😀
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Have you seen the film “Her” where the man falls in love with an app? The time you describe is here already!!!
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OMG, I can’t believe that you have a gadget that I don’t have. You are way ahead of me in the world of technology now Dor! LOL 😂
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I am almost at that point too shoreacres…. but people keep giving gadgets.
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I am leaning in your direction Eliza…. now we even have an automobile in space. Everyone is so excited. I think it is littering up our last frontier.
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Of course, if anyone tried to get my computer away from me…. 🙂
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I’m glad you’re enjoying your techno friend Google. Our son and daughter-in-law have one and frankly their little friend scares me a little. :-O
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Ooooo! Thanks for looking that up Andrew. Seems Hayfork hasn’t grown too much in all these years. We first lived in a rent-a-shack there (no decent rentals available), and then moved to the ultimate luxury – a 26 foot trailer with indoor plumbing!!!!!!
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I believe you are right Judy. “The Future is Now.”
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At least it’s someone to talk to! I’ll get one as soon they train it to scoop cat litter.
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I have always been opposed to new gadgets. It was years and years before I would even consider a microwave! Remember when you inspired me to get a vibrating thing to lose weight? You are still in the lead.
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I actually jumped when Bill (not me) said “Hey Google” from clear across the room and she ansswered, “How can I help you?”
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Hahaha! And we laugh but this is not far off…. I heard they are developing one that will turn lights on and off for you..
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You are the first person I’ve known who has this gadget. Please give us an update in a few weeks. I’m hoping you’ll find great enjoyment in it. I’m not to the point of wanting one yet, but I do love gadgets.
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This gadget is rather amazing really. It’s attractive and quiet until you speak to it. Great conversation maker when we have guests. Now I hear there is fun in trying to stump the thing by asking really difficult questions. I haven’t tried that yet though.
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It’s a part of California that never seems to grow.
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I believe they already have that or maybe you can do from your cell.
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So, am I a good influence or a bad one? LOL
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There is fun to come!
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Did you ever see ‘Gravity’ with Sandra Bullock? Great flick, its a disaster in space due to space junk. Gives one pause for sure.
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No, I never did see “Gravity”…. will definitely order it now. Thanks Eliza.
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You are mostly a good influence but then I remember the axe!
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I’ve seen it twice, that is about as high a mark as I can give. 😉
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😂😂😂
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