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Hey Google, when are you going to replace me?

Natural-language processing systems are getting smarter and will probably automate away many of our jobs some day

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Every morning, I rise like a lord of old and with a lusty cry of "hey Google, good morning", my work lights and desk fan come on as if by the unseen hand of a loyal manservant.

Every morning, I rise like a lord of old and with a lusty cry of "hey Google, good morning", my work lights and desk fan come on as if by the unseen hand of a loyal manservant.
When I'm reading a story from the United States about a heatwave, I ask my home assistant device: "Hey Google, what is 115 Fahrenheit in Celsius?"
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