It's already here. Alexa for Amazon Echo, Siri for iPhone. I hate talking and have opted out.

I thought the point of the Internet was avoid talking altogether.

WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMB—ERROR 500

But the Internet of Things w̷an̷ts ̀to śp̡̀ęa͡͏k w͘͝͏͟í̸͝t̶̸̀͡͡h͏̨̕͞ ̡y̡͏̢o͏͜͠͡u̴̧͞͞

also, wasn't mindsphere that place where the universe destroying brains from futurama were living in, seems apropos

At least its not the voices inside my head talking to me! Its just my Fridge! Kinda relieved!

Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it) it turns out that MindSphere is just cloud infrastructure for manufacturing.

@internetofshit I do this every night, it's called "yelling at Alexa to turn off the goddamn lights for the eighth time"

What on earth would it say, anyway? "Hi, my root password is 'admin,' I enjoy zombie botnets and long walks on the beach?"

I imagine the Internet of Things has some very nasty things to say to you. X3