Siri does not appear to be a fan of ‘Her’

Soraya Roberts
·Blogger

While Scarlett Johansson is getting raves for portraying an artificial intelligence in Spike Jonze's new virtual romantic drama "Her," it seems that iPhone virtual assistant Siri is not a fan.

BuzzFeed's Jordan Zakarin recently asked Siri a number of questions about "Her" to comic effect. Siri's responses seem to suggest that Apple's "geniuses" were aware of the big-screen version of their celebrated assistant, and proceeded to program some pretty priceless responses.

In response to the query, "Siri are you her?" she replied, "No. In my opinion, she gives artificial intelligence a bad name."

To the same question, she later responded, "No. I don't spend much time with purely fictional characters."

Asked the same thing by the tenacious journalist once again, Siri seemed to slam Johansson personally, stating, "Her portrayal of an intelligent agent is beyond artificial," before she finally got sick of the repetitive charade and said, "You know that it's just a movie, right?"

But When Zakarin asked Siri if she liked Theodore Twombly, Phoenix's on screen alter ego, she coyly replied, "I'd rather not say, Jordan."

In December, Esquire attempted their own Q&A and asked Siri a bunch of questions about the movie, but at that time, she seemed less prepared. In response to whether or not she had ever been in love, she replied, "I have never fallen in love. But I have fallen off a desk."

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