In an early episode of Star Trek, Captain Kirk talks into a computer, asking for background information on another character. The scene by far outdates modern artificial intelligence assistants like Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa or Google's Assistant. But there is something uncannily familiar—both about the way the captain talks into the machine and the way the female voice responds. Now, 50 years later, George Takei, the famed actor behind the character Hikaru Sulu, is using this same type of technology to create a chatbot.
"This is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek," Takei told Adweek in an interview ahead of the chatbot's launch.
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