I still remember ‘her’. Fleetingly. In flashes. The movie. The person.
It was on a flight. I was bored. I had all the time in the world and nothing to do expect for an entertainment system in front of me. There was an eclectic mix of movies that was present and I chose ‘her’. That moment left an indelible impression on me.
If you haven’t watched the movie it’s about a guy loving a software. There are unexpected twists and turns that take you for quite a ride. In this day and age, ‘her’ is no more a fantasy.
Come on, who is not in love with Siri or in the lesser developed parts of the world, maybe Alexa. Siri listens to you, responds to your orders, panders to your likes and dislikes! What is not to like in Siri.
She on the other made my insane days made more bearable. She still made me crazy, but i can forgive her for that. She was there for me, as an outlet. But we branched out.
In the movie, Joaquin Phoenix is in love with her. And the machine with him. Till the time he realizes that the machine is actually in love with thousands of guys like him on the web. Joaquin can’t take it. No sane person can. So he moves away from the machine and starts socializing with people again.
Siri can be a good servant even to a bad master. But at the end of the day Siri is a software…
Humans are complex. The human emotions can’t really be programmed at least not till now. Emotions are what they are for a reason. Feelings and emotions make us human.
Although I have moved on in life, I still remember her. I always will.