Siri, the mildly reliable virtual assistant for that phone, came along a few years later.
assistant with whom the sad-sack divorcé Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) fell in love in “Her,” felt like a futuristic revelation.
Voiced by Scarlett Johansson, Samantha was similar to Siri, if Siri liked you and wanted you to like her back.
In theory, everyone in “Her” was using their own version of Samantha, presumably with different names and voices.
Those who watched the live demo from OpenAI, the company that makes ChatGPT, were quick to note that she sounded a whole lot like Samantha — which is to say, like Johansson.
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