Samantha's Adaptation In The Film 'Her'

In the film, Her, which is set in the not so distant future, the protagonist, Theodore Twombly, is a bit of an introverted man who purchases OS1, an Operating System that contains artificial intelligence first of its kind. This OS was created and designed to adapt and evolve, consider it Siri 4.0. As he set up his OS, he gave it a female voice, and when the OS was ready to operate, she named herself Samantha. We quickly learn that Samantha is not your typical assistant, she appears to have a personality and she adjusts and adapts with the situation, as an OS Samantha becomes an incredibly personal technical experience. Now-a-days when it comes to our technology experiences, we crave for things to be personalized and our technology allows it. While it isn’t quite yet at the level of Samantha in, Her, it’s on its way. Thanks to technological advancements, in a world that can sometimes generalize, we are …show more content…
Then you have Siri, and just like OS1, in Her, Siri can greet you by name or whatever you chose for Siri to call you. Siri can also set reminders for you, look things up, send text messages, check your email, she is like your personal assistant, just tell her what to do or what you’re looking for, chances are she has an answer of some sort for you. Apple has begun to master the art of personalizing technology and bringing it even closer to you. It started with the iMac that allowed you to sit at a desk in front of the technology, then it went to the MacBook which allowed you to take the technology with you, to and iPad which makes the technology mobile and close, then to the iPhone where you would use and experience the technology and all of it’s personal elements out of the palm of your hand. Lastly, and the one that resembles the OS1 device from the film the most, is the Apple Watch. With this device, you wear the technology and have the potential to