This Is How Apple’s New iOS 5 Assistant May Work

Tomorrow you will see Assistant working on iOS 5 and, presumably, the iPhone 4S. Assistant is an artificial technology that interprets what you are saying, like the Enterprise computer. It’s like, magic, they say. This video mockup shows how it works.

Assistant is based on Siri.

Would it really work? Would it really be an amazing “world-changing” technology, as Siri co-founder’s said? Or would it be the equivalent of Apple’s old Newton handwriting technology and Trudeau’s Eggs freckles? [YouTube via MacRumors]


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