# NYTimes Essay: To Siri, with Love - Autistic boy bonds with Siri

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-essay-to-siri-with-love-autistic-boy-bonds-with-siri/701908>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 20, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-essay-to-siri-with-love-autistic-boy-bonds-with-siri/701908 "2014-10-20T11:48:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-essay-to-siri-with-love-autistic-boy-bonds-with-siri/701908/21 "2014-10-21T17:27:43Z")

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When I was a kid, we had to bond with [Eliza](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA).

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-essay-to-siri-with-love-autistic-boy-bonds-with-siri/701908/22 "2014-10-21T18:45:03Z")

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> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#):
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> I think you are right to realize that AI will change human society greatly. But I also think that many of the changes will be for the better, particularly in the area of care for people who have special needs (which, as we live longer, more and more of us become).

I agree. That’s my point: the type of AI in the OP seems like it will be good and welcome. As it becomes more accepted, how pervasive will it become, and how will its presence shift our cultural beliefs and norms?

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