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.
Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier, better known by his stagename Andrew W.K., is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer. Raised in Michigan, Wilkes-Krier began his musical career in the mid-1990s performing in a number of local bands before eventually moving to New York, where he produced his first recordings under the Andrew W.K. moniker. After gaining initial attention with the 2000 EP Girls Own Juice, Wilkes-Krier rose to prominence with the release of his debut s