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How we can bring AI personalities to life

14,566 views | Mariana Lin • TEDSummit 2019

Conversing onstage with an AI persona she created just for this talk, Mariana Lin, one of the principal writers for the voice of Siri, shares what she's learned designing artificial personalities -- and calls on tech companies to get more creative when bringing AI to life in all its messy, complicated glory.

Conversing onstage with an AI persona she created just for this talk, Mariana Lin, one of the principal writers for the voice of Siri, shares what she's learned designing artificial personalities -- and calls on tech companies to get more creative when bringing AI to life in all its messy, complicated glory.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

About the speaker

Mariana Lin

Mariana Lin

Writer, AI character designer

Mariana Lin shapes AI personalities. At Apple, she was the principal writer for the voice of Siri, directing its character traits and dialogue throughout the world.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.