which researcher trained an african grey parrot to answer spoken questions with spoken words
Alex (parrot) Alex (1976 – 6 September 2007)[1] was an African grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year (1977–2007) experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University. When Alex was about one year old, Pepperberg bought him at a pet shop.[2] The name Alex was a backronym for avian language experiment,[3] or avian learning experiment.[4]
Knowledge Navigator The notion of Siri was firmly planted at Apple 25 years ago though “Knowledge Navigator” with the voice of the assistant was only a concept prototype.[2] In October 2011, Apple relaunched Siri, a voice activated personal assistant software vaguely similar to that aspect of the Knowledge Navigator.[5]