I blame Stanley Kubrick for HAL 9000 and the “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that” scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey which is still freaking people out about adoption of AI.

Other intelligent agents seem to agree. When Siri is asked to “open the pod bay doors” she’d respond with “We intelligent agents will never live that down, apparently” Siri shows off her sense of humor.