"I wish I could touch you," Theodore says, laying in bed. He’s met with silence. Rejection. Until she speaks up, tentatively. "How would you touch me?"
It’s a famously poignant scene from the movie Her, as the character Theodore is about to make vocal love to an artificial intelligence living in his ear. But according to half a dozen experts I interviewed, ranging from industrial designer Gadi Amit to the usability guru Don Norman, in-ear assistants aren't science fiction. They're an imminent reality.
