How Siri Figured Out AI 15 Years Too Early

Описание: Before "agentic AI" became the hottest topic in tech, a small startup had already figured it out. That company was Siri. But the technology that Steve Jobs personally pursued and acquired for Apple in 2010, and released to the world on the iPhone in October 2011, was far more ambitious than the voice assistant we know today. It was a revolutionary "do engine," designed to be an action-oriented interface to the world, a vision that is only now being reinvented.

For the first time, the Computer History Museum is releasing long-secret interviews with the founders and investors of Siri. Filmed inside the CHM archives, this documentary reveals the untold story of Siri's original purpose, the negotiations with Steve Jobs, and the reasons its full potential was never realized.

Timestamps:
00:00 - The Phone Call That Changed Everything
00:51 - The "Do Engine": Siri's Original Vision
01:28 - Demo: What 2010 Siri Could Do (That Modern AI Still Can't)
02:59 - "Let's Throw In Together": Steve Jobs's Offer
04:17 - The 1987 Video Where Apple Predicted Siri
06:13 - An Unfinished Revolution
06:56 - 15 Years Later: The Return of Agentic AI
08:04 - A Lesson for the Future

Music:
iPhone ringtone trap remix credit @MaxBass

More Siri content:
Watch the full Oral History Interview with Siri Founders:    • Siri Oral History Panel  
Watch Gary Morgenthaler’s Oral History:    • Oral History of Gary Morgenthaler Part 2 of 2  
Read Curator Marc Weber's article, "An Unfinished Revolution in Agentic AI": https://computerhistory.org/stories/s...