With that kind of list, it sure sounds like Hendrich's describing a human. Which is precisely what she and her team set out to do during Cortana's development; create an AI with human-like qualities. Microsoft's decision to infuse Cortana with a personality stemmed from one end goal: user attachment.
Kris Kringle. Kris Kringle may refer to: Santa Claus, by assimilation in the United States of the separate German tradition below Kris Kringle, the lead character in Miracle on 34th Street. Christkind (or Christkindl), the Austrian and German Christmas gift-bringer, the Christ Child.
An essay on Jan. 29 about Madeleine LâEngleâs science-fiction fantasy âA Wrinkle in Timeâ misstated the name of one of the bookâs characters, a celestial being disguised as an old woman. She is Mrs Whatsit, not Whatsis.The essay also misstated part of the title of a forthcoming biography of LâEngle by Leonard Marcus.