MacVoices #21212: MacVoices Live! - Why Don't We Call Smart Assistants by Name? (2)

<p>The MacVoices Live! panel of <strong>David Ginsburg</strong>, <strong>Jeff Gamet</strong>, <strong>Jim Rea</strong>, and <strong>Andrew Orr </strong>is joined by <strong>Mark Fuccio</strong> and <strong>Brittany Smith </strong>to answer listener questions about how we refer to our smart assistants. Why we use nicknames such as “S-Lady” for Siri, “A-Lady” for Alexa, etc.. Do we really need to be careful? Are we being sexist by using the female gender, and why do we do it? We enlist the help of the chat room to answer at least some of these questions. Why (doesn’t) or does voice recognition kick in and prevent unintentional triggering? How and why do we we anthropomorphizing the smart assistants? (Part 2)</p> <p>This edition of MacVoices is supported by <strong>Coinbase</strong>. For a limited time, new users can get $10 in free Bitcoin when you sign up today at <a href="http://coinbase.com/macvoices"><strong>Coinbase.com/ macvoices</strong></a>.</p> <p><a href="http://coinbase.com/macvoices"><img src="http://www.macvoices.com/wp-content/uploads/coinbase-logo-300x65.png" alt="Coinbase" width="300" height="65" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12298" /></a></p>   <p><!--more--></p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <p><strong>Guests:</strong></p> <p><strong>Mark Fuccio</strong> is actively involved in high tech startup companies, both as a principle at piqsure.com, or as a marketing advisor through his consulting practice Tactics Sells High Tech, Inc. Mark was a proud investor in Microsoft from the mid-1990's selling in mid 2000, and hopes one day that MSFT will be again an attractive investment. You can contact Mark through <a href="http://twitter.com/markfuccio"><strong>Twitter</strong></a> on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-t-fuccio/"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></a>.</p> <p><strong>Jeff Gamet</strong> is a technology blogger, podcaster, author, and public speaker. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s Managing Editor, and the TextExpander Evangelist for Smile. He has presented at Macworld Expo, RSA Conf