In addition to pattern recognition, Levy and Murnane highlight complex communication as a domain that would stay on the human side in the new division of labor. They write that, “Conversations critical to effective teaching, managing, selling, and many other occupations require the transfer and interpretation of a broad range of information. In these cases, the possibility of exchanging information with a computer, rather than another human, is a long way off.”6 In the fall of 2011, Apple introduced the iPhone 4S featuring “Siri,” an intelligent personal assistant that worked via a
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