Sam Altman

I think a lot of people in Silicon Valley looked at her and they thought, oh, that's a really good natural user interface. Like, if we could just wear earbuds all day long and you could answer any question you ever had just by saying, hey, her, what's going on with this? That would be great.

I think a lot of people in Silicon Valley looked at her and they thought, oh, that's a really good natural user interface. Like, if we could just wear earbuds all day long and you could answer any question you ever had just by saying, hey, her, what's going on with this? That would be great.

I think a lot of people in Silicon Valley looked at her and they thought, oh, that's a really good natural user interface. Like, if we could just wear earbuds all day long and you could answer any question you ever had just by saying, hey, her, what's going on with this? That would be great.

And then, in fact, you do start to see the arrival of products like Siri and Alexa and sort of baby steps toward this new world. So I completely agree with you. Her is a dystopian film. It should not be viewed as a blueprint to build the future. At the same time, I do feel like I see what Silicon Valley saw in it.

And then, in fact, you do start to see the arrival of products like Siri and Alexa and sort of baby steps toward this new world. So I completely agree with you. Her is a dystopian film. It should not be viewed as a blueprint to build the future. At the same time, I do feel like I see what Silicon Valley saw in it.

And then, in fact, you do start to see the arrival of products like Siri and Alexa and sort of baby steps toward this new world. So I completely agree with you. Her is a dystopian film. It should not be viewed as a blueprint to build the future. At the same time, I do feel like I see what Silicon Valley saw in it.

Right, and lightsabers are a good idea, and we should build those.

Right, and lightsabers are a good idea, and we should build those.

Right, and lightsabers are a good idea, and we should build those.

Not only did the voice sound very much like Scarlett Johansson, it was also presented in this very flirty way. When they did this demo, it was like, it's a man using a assistant who has the voice of a woman who sounds a lot like Scarlett Johansson. And she's like, oh PJ, you're so bad. That was kind of the tone of it. And it was sort of like, what are you doing here exactly?

Not only did the voice sound very much like Scarlett Johansson, it was also presented in this very flirty way. When they did this demo, it was like, it's a man using a assistant who has the voice of a woman who sounds a lot like Scarlett Johansson. And she's like, oh PJ, you're so bad. That was kind of the tone of it. And it was sort of like, what are you doing here exactly?

Not only did the voice sound very much like Scarlett Johansson, it was also presented in this very flirty way. When they did this demo, it was like, it's a man using a assistant who has the voice of a woman who sounds a lot like Scarlett Johansson. And she's like, oh PJ, you're so bad. That was kind of the tone of it. And it was sort of like, what are you doing here exactly?

Sam Altman had primed everyone to think that way because a couple days before they do this demonstration where they show off the voice for the first time, Sam Altman tweets the word her. Or I should say he posts it on X. And so, of course, when this demo happens, everyone is like, oh.

Sam Altman had primed everyone to think that way because a couple days before they do this demonstration where they show off the voice for the first time, Sam Altman tweets the word her. Or I should say he posts it on X. And so, of course, when this demo happens, everyone is like, oh.

Sam Altman had primed everyone to think that way because a couple days before they do this demonstration where they show off the voice for the first time, Sam Altman tweets the word her. Or I should say he posts it on X. And so, of course, when this demo happens, everyone is like, oh.

And so everyone was sort of primed to think, oh, wow, OpenAI has realized Silicon Valley's decade-long dream of making the movie Her a reality.

And so everyone was sort of primed to think, oh, wow, OpenAI has realized Silicon Valley's decade-long dream of making the movie Her a reality.

And so everyone was sort of primed to think, oh, wow, OpenAI has realized Silicon Valley's decade-long dream of making the movie Her a reality.

Then it turned out that Scarlett Johansson was really mad because Sam Altman had gone to her last year and said, hey, would you like to be a voice for this thing? And she thought about it and she said, no, I don't want to. And then...

Then it turned out that Scarlett Johansson was really mad because Sam Altman had gone to her last year and said, hey, would you like to be a voice for this thing? And she thought about it and she said, no, I don't want to. And then...