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It's interesting, because I just finished viewing her, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a lonely fellow who makes his living writing letters. Theodore Twombly writes letters on the behalf of clients. He writes heartfelt love letters, letters from daughter to father, letters to bridge the distance for friends.

And of course, the premise of the film is that he installs an AI OS and falls in love with the disembodied Assistant voice, Samantha. And [spoiler alert], Samantha's parting gift to Theodore is that she arranges to have his letters published as a bona fide book by a real book publisher, because this is the best way she found to honor him and his work. It's really touching that this ephemeral AI without a body should reach into the physical world that Theodore inhabits in this way.

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