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# Apple Predicated Siri 24 Years Ago
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2011/10/apple-predicated-siri-24-years-ago/
- Published: 2011-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:52:10.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

But they were a month too late.

> Based on the dates mentioned in the Knowledge Navigator video, it takes place on September 16, 2011\. The date on the professor's calendar is September 16, and he's looking for a 2006 paper written "about five years ago," setting the year as 2011.  
>  
> And this morning, at the iPhone keynote, Apple announced Siri, a natural language-based voice assistant, would be built into iOS 5 and a core part of the new iPhone 4S.  
>  
> So, 24 years ago, Apple predicted a complex natural-language voice assistant built into a touchscreen Apple device, and was less than a month off.

Check out the sweet [1987 era video of what they thought 2011 would be like](https://waxy.org/2011/10/apples%5F1987%5Fknowledge%5Fnavigator%5Fonly%5Fone%5Fmonth%5Flate/?ref=chrisenns.com).

*Via [Daring Fireball](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/10/11/knowledge-navigator?ref=chrisenns.com)*.