Elizabeth Buttermore, an 82-year-old widow lived alone in her comfortable home but was regularly visited by her grandson Timothy. Today he had brought her the usual cooking supplies and also his mother's old phone. After explaining how the voice assistant worked, he left to hang out with his friends. Grandma decided that today she was going to make her darling Timothy his favorite apple pie. She said in her quavering voice, squinting at the screen “Hey Siri, find me a good apple pie recipe please" At the same time a pigeon hooting outside her window changed Siri’s perception of the sentence and Siri being Siri changed the sentence completely. “Shall I issue nuclear warning to all countries”? It asked. ‘I guess it wants to launch my pie’ thought grandma pressing her hearing aid closer to her ear. “Yes please” Grandma answered. “Commencing launch sequence" said Siri. “5 minutes remaining”. “Ooh this must be the timer” exclaimed ...
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