GLOBAL“Daydreamer”byMichaelReeder,2016,courtesyofMichaelReeder.Voicetechnologyissweepingtheworld,asassistantssuchasAmazon’sAlexaandsmartspeakerssuchasBaidu’sLittleFishcaptureourimagination.Talkingcomputers,onceseenonlyonthesilverscreen,arebecominganeverydayreality,atourbeckandcallasdevelopmentsinartificialintelligence(AI)transformourrelationshipwiththem.Earlyadoptersreportthatthey“wouldn’tbewithoutAlexa”asshebecomes“integral”totheirdailyroutine.ChineseYouTuberJingJinghasaccumulated6.5millionviewsassheplaysEighthNote,1thevoice-activatedsmartphonegametakingAsiabystorm.Theage-oldmediumofvoicehaslostnoneofitsrelevanceinthe21stcentury.ComScoreforecaststhathalfofallsearcheswillbevoicesearchesby2020,2andby2021,Ovumpredictsthattherewillbemoredigitalassistantsthanhumansontheplanet.3Theopportuni