The Socratic Assistant

A cautionary set of remarks

We have embraced the concept of digital assistants since the first moment they became available, and with good reason. As of 2020, there were a projected 4.2 billion digital voice assistants baked into devices we use daily; these numbers represent nearly half (48%) of all internet-connected devices worldwide (Number of Voice Assistants in Use Worldwide 2019–2024, n.d.). This…