Robot guides at Incheon International Airport in Seoul. Photo: AFP
Voice recognition is not a new phenomenon. It has been around ever since your mother hollered, “Your father wants to speak with you, NOW!” as you crept home from a school date, way past the curfew hour with a gin-soaked “study” companion in tow.
It was an accurate system and ears were regularly boxed and bottoms paddled to ensure it stayed in trim.
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