Developed secrets revealed by Siri developers such as "Were Apple planning a road map of Siri in 1987?"

ByMike Lau

Speech recognition application installed from iPhone 4S "Siri"We developed an interactive information retrieval system which becomes the source of"Siri, inc"Founder of Adam Cheyer, was held in San FranciscoLISTEN 2014He told Siri 's development secret story.

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Mr. Cheyer got up with a big applause.


The lecture title is "Siri, Back to the Future", that he talks about Siri's development secret story. Siri was bought by Apple in 2010 and was installed on the iPhone. As Siri's development at Apple is confidential, this time it's about Siri before being bought by Apple. As the title, the lecture was advanced from the present age to the past, going back to the history of Siri.


Apple announced Siri in October 2011. Cheyer said, "At the Apple store, I was watching the Facebook and Twitter icons are designed on the wall so I've always believed that" Someday my Siri icon will come along with Facebook and Twitter. " So, the launch of iPhone 4S with Siri is one of the happiest events in my life.The thing I would like to say to developers is to explain exactly what "success" I am aiming for, It is to believe strongly, "he talked about the feelings at the time when the iPhone 4S was released and the mind to succeed.


Apple store icons of each company drawn in the store. Mr. Cheyer envisioned the day when Siri lined up here, and he seemed motivated.


Next is a story when Siri, inc released Siri's first application on the App Store in February 2010. Two weeks after the release of Siri Mr. Cheyer will be invited to his house after being called to Mr. Steve Jobs' office. Mr. Cheyer met with Mr. Jobs and Apple executives along with Siri, inc co-founder and ultimately sold Siri, inc.


This is Siri's app at the time of release.


Siri's team of development teams was able to develop around the best members.


In 2007, the first iPhone was released on July 29th. A major change in the mobile phone market arises with the launch of the iPhone, Cheyer worked on the development of new products in mind what kind of evolution the smartphone will evolve two to three years after the launch of the iPhone. And in December the same year we will launch Siri, inc.


Siri, inc is a system platform for speech recognition assistant systems such as Siri to obtain investment "ACTIVE OntologiesReleased.


Siri, inc was originally the world's largest research institution aiming to contribute to knowledge, economy, prosperity and peace through the discovery and application of science and technologySRI International"ofSpin offIt is a company. This SI International's "AI project"Cognitive Assistant That Learns and Organizes(CALO Project) "will receive a $ 150 million (approximately 14.1 billion yen) grant from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 2003.


Besides SRI International in addition to SRI International, universities and companies that specialize in researching AI from all over the United States participated in the CALO project and began developing "cognitive assistants to learn and organize".


In order for the CALO project to continue receiving grants from DARPA, we had to go through the tests to be carried out every year. DARPA is an organization of the US government, whose funds are billed by taxes in a nutshell. In short, it raised the state and invested funds for the development of AI.


In addition, time goes back to 1999. Mr. Cheyer at 9 am September 9th, consisting of eleven researchersComputer Human Interaction Center(CHIC) ", invited media and held a recital. It was about research on AI in home, automobile and office space, and released prototypes such as speech recognition TV, smart refrigerator, car AR technology. Cheyer says, "The concept like Siri against CHIC's Internet of Things (IoT) has been in progress since 1999."


And in 1987 about 24 years ago from the release of Siri, the keynote that was done at EDUCOM by Apple CEO John Scully at that time was "The Knowledge Navigator VideoI am publishing a movie called "The movie". The Knowledge Navigator Video is drawn by the idea of ​​the speech recognition assistant which Apple of the time was envisioned and I am amazed that the idea like Siri was born from that time.


A device such as a tablet terminal appears on The Knowledge Navigator Video, and it tells the owner of the reception and schedule etc of the message. Cheyer said that "The Knowledge Navigator is the most evolved form of Siri."


Mr. Cheyer added even more amazingly that the future world within The Knowledge Navigator Video actually depicted the world of 2011. When I look at the calendar in the movie, it was two weeks before Apple released Siri, and the audience applauded this fact as well. No way, I do not think Apple has planned a roadmap that will last for 24 years, but it may be Apple's great place to be convinced that it is "Truly Apple".