When you ask: What is your name?

Here is a small series of posts that cover the most asked ques­tions on Google. Most of these ques­tions won’t be ans­we­red here. Howe­ver, I might, for fun, give an ans­wer if I per­so­nal­ly know it. It’s most­ly to have fun with why people ask so many questions.

Here is a nice ques­tion that seems to be about the amu­se­ment of vir­tual assis­tant users. I would like to say that this ques­tion says more than it seems. Why are we amused?

First­ly, kno­wing our name is one of the first things we learn. This know­ledge comes long before we can even speak. A paral­lel can be drawn with a pet where we try to get its atten­tion when it hears its name. Well, for our part, it’s kind of the same thing.

Second­ly, and I’m going to hit the nail on the head here, isn’t this an issue that we qui­ck­ly try to resolve before a child even exists? Choo­sing a name is often even a game that young people play when ima­gi­ning the name of their future offspring.

Late­ly, we can high­light the fact that names and nick­names and their repla­ce­ment at our dis­cre­tion denote the fact that this concept is very impor­tant to us.

So, what could be more fun than trying to see if a machine bor­rows some huma­ni­ty if it has a name? After all, having a name makes us feel dis­tinct and unique.

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on Sep­tem­ber 10, 2021 by Coach Dan­ny