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We were expecting Rosie from “The Jetsons” or maybe C3PO. Why did we end up with Alexa?

We were expecting Rosie from “The Jetsons” or maybe C3PO. Why did we end up with Alexa? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/opinion/sunday/household-robots-alexa-homepod.html?emc=%5B%27edit_tnt_20170909%27%5D&nlid=%5B%279935747%27%5D&tntemail0=%5B%27y%27%5D

This entry was posted in wsf on September 11, 2017 by Professor Arielle Saiber.

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