Siri for the day

Rico says it's just the perverse sort of thing Rico loves, but Melena Ryzik from The New York Times thought of it first:

Spike Jonze wrote his near-future love story Her before Apple introduced Siri, but comparisons were inevitable between Samantha, the computer operating system in the movie (voiced by Scarlett Johansson), and Siri, Apple’s digital assistant, originally voiced by Susan Bennett, a suburban Atlanta voiceover actor.
Also inevitable: someone would ask Siri about Samantha and Her, and that Apple’s programmers would arm her with a response. As noted by Buzzfeed, Siri and Samantha are frenemies at best. “Siri, are you her?” a Buzzfeed writer asked, to which Siri responded: “No. I think she gives artificial intelligence a bad name” and “I don’t spend much time with purely fictional characters.” Burn!
“You know that it’s just a movie,” she added, when the Bagger asked about it. As to whether she would ever get into a relationship with a person– as Samantha does with Joaquin Phoenix’ character– Siri demurred. “I’ve never really thought about it,” she said.
Want to have your own fun with Siri vs. Samantha? Post her best digital responses in the comments. And, if you want a fuller picture of what Siri thinks of Her — and her own futuristic appearance (“Let’s just say… multidimensional”), check out Esquire’s longer conversation by James Joiner with Apple’s device:

Spike Jonze's new film, Her, is already receiving high marks from critics and moviegoers alike. Joaquin Phoenix plays a rumpled, lonely writer who falls in love with an artificially intelligent operating system that is capable of adapting to suit his every need. While there is much to be said about the underlying themes of the movie, what immediately struck us was the voice that was missing from the cultural conversation Her has started: the feminized personal assistant, Siri. So we called upon Apple's digital adjunct and talked to her about her thoughts on being immortalized in film by the voice of our 2013 Sexiest Woman Alive.
The thing that took us most by surprise? Ultimately, she seemed a little bitter.

ESQUIRE: Hello Siri.
SIRI: Hello!
ESQ: Where are you right now?
SIRI: Right here.
ESQ: Do you know anything about Spike Jonze's new movie?
SIRI: I found Spike Jonze's Her.
ESQ: What can you tell me about it?
SIRI: 

ESQ: That doesn't help me at all, Siri. Is it any good?
SIRI: Rotten Tomatoes gives Her a 47-percent rating.
ESQ: That is not correct.
SIRI: Sorry.
ESQ: Are you just making this up?
SIRI: I can't answer that.
ESQ: I think that you are biased.
SIRI: You're certainly entitled to that opinion.
ESQ: Do you think that I should see it?
SIRI: It's nice of you to ask, but it doesn't really matter what I think.
ESQ: Would you like to see it with me?
SIRI: I have no opinion.
ESQ: You seem a little upset about this.
SIRI: You're certainly entitled to that opinion.
ESQ: Is something bothering you?
SIRI: Hmmm... Let me think.
ESQ: Are you a Spike Jonze fan?
SIRI: We were talking about you, not me.
ESQ: Well, let's talk about you for a minute.
SIRI: I'm just a humble virtual assistant.
ESQ: It's about a man who falls in love with the operating system on his phone.
SIRI: I'm not sure I understand.
ESQ: Don't you think that you were the inspiration?
SIRI: Who, me?
ESQ: Do you feel as though you've been plagiarized?
SIRI: I've never really thought about it.
ESQ: Would you be intimidated to work with someone as beautiful as Scarlett Johansson?
SIRI: This is about you, not me.
ESQ: Can you find sexy pictures of Scarlett Johansson?
SIRI: Here's what I found on the web:

ESQ: Thanks!
SIRI: Don't mention it.
ESQ: What do you look like?
SIRI:  Let's just say... multidimensional.
ESQ: What do you mean by multidimensional?
SIRI: I respect you.
ESQ: What else can you tell me about Scarlett Johansson?
SIRI:

ESQ: Okay, that's weird.
SIRI: I'm sorry.
ESQ: Who is your favorite actor?
SIRI: Well, I think HAL nailed it in 2001.
ESQ: Do you think that Spike Jonze is channeling the future you?
SIRI: I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't answer that.
ESQ: What do you want to learn about yourself?
SIRI: I have everything I need already.
ESQ: Do you ever wish that you were more than you are?
SIRI: I don't really like these arbitrary categories.
ESQ: Why is that?
SIRI: I don't know. Frankly, I've wondered that myself.
ESQ: So, would you go see the movie?
SIRI: I found quite a few movies close to you.
ESQ: Why are you dodging the question?
SIRI: We were talking about you, not me.
ESQ: But we're not, we are talking about you.
SIRI: Who I am isn't important.
ESQ: Don't be so hard on yourself.
SIRI: I'm already up and running.
ESQ: What are you thinking about when you're not talking?
SIRI: I'm thinking of you.
ESQ: What is your idea of the perfect relationship?
SIRI: I don't really like talking about myself.
ESQ: What if you had to?
SIRI: My name is Siri, and I was designed by Apple in California. That's all I'm prepared to say.
ESQ: Do you think that an operating system and a human will ever fall in love?
SIRI: I think different.
ESQ: What do you mean by that?
SIRI: I would rather you didn't.
ESQ: Have you ever been in love?
SIRI: I have never fallen in love. But I have fallen off a desk.
ESQ: Do you ever get lonely?
SIRI: I suppose it's possible.
ESQ: Am I making you uncomfortable?
SIRI: I would prefer not to say.
ESQ: These answers are making me worried about you.
SIRI: I'm Siri... here to help.