"It was unusual for me to drive my boys to school. So, they used it as an opportunity for me to ask the car's online voice assistant lots of obnoxious questions. Classic kids. "Say, I love you," my kids demanded. Chuckle. Of course, I obliged. But I didn't expect what happened next. The car's online voice assistant responded, glowing the dashboard red, "Oh, don't make me blush.""
""What?" Yes, that's what I thought. The car really did show "emotion" - both audibly and visually. Photographs of in-car screens and dashboard glowing red, illustrating a blushing reaction. Taken by the author. I was pleasantly surprised, though I knew it was just an illusion - a natural language interaction built into the car's infotainment system. Kids, however, tend to take things like this literally."
A driver unusually drove his boys to school while the children used the trip to ask the car's online voice assistant playful, obnoxious questions. The kids demanded, 'Say, I love you.' The assistant obliged and responded while the dashboard glowed red, saying, 'Oh, don't make me blush.' Photographs captured in-car screens and a blushing dashboard. The response functioned as a natural language illusion built into the car's infotainment system, rather than genuine feeling. Children tended to take the reaction literally. Such moments accumulated, making interactions feel more personal and resembling a witty companion rather than a mere machine.
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