Why Silicon Valley and mobile operators are putting their eggs in the bot basket

GUEST: “Hey Siri! Why did Apple make you?”
Even if you haven’t tried it, everyone knows about Siri, Apple’s speech interpretation and recognition personal assistant. The bot is available at the touch of a button or voice activation to answer questions about tomorrow’s weather or recommend a nearby coffee shop, all with its signature sassy style.
Siri was just an apple in Alan Turing’s eye when he developed a test in the 1950s to see if machines could think. Th