“Your voice unlocks certain information, not dissimilar to how we replicate cryptographic multisignature permissions (e.g., the ‘key’ is given to five people and three must sign off to release any action). A few years ago, a friend was writing a book on AI, and I was assisting with it. As we discussed a chapter, his six-year-old son casually mentioned that voice-activated AI has been around for centuries: like Ali Baba’s cave when he said, ‘Open, Sesame.”

Excerpt from Encounters by Diana Pasulka

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250879578/encounters

What a great point by the wise 6 year old.