I apologize, I'm pretty sure I feel the way I do because I'm getting old, but here's how I feel: talking to computers is a really, really bad interface, so I don't do it.<p>One reason it's bad is that the sounds we make are mush. It's a miracle if a computer system can correctly retrieve the words from an utterance. Another reason it's bad is that the words we say are nonsense. Our sentences aren't parseable, they don't conform to any actual grammar.<p>So I see it as another example of people selling something that's supposed to be more convenient than what we already have, but for many reasons, it probably isn't. One day it may be, but it wouldn't be surprising for people to be selling it as more convenient for many years before it actually is.<p>I'm not criticizing the technology -- it's amazing. It's just clear to me that it isn't ready to be invited into my life. I consider it inevitable that we will eventually lose control of technology, but we can at least try to be judicious.