[GTALUG] Mycroft an Open Source AI [was privacy [was Alternative to KOrganizer (KDE) ?]]

[Myles Braithwaite]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> Many, but not all, of these leaks come with advantages to the user.
> For example, Cortana, Siri, and Google Now(?) may be fun but they are
> always listening to you and sending something home.  Google (and
> other) search have to send the queries upstream.

Has anyone checked out/backed Mycroft on Kickstarter
<https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiforeveryone/mycroft-an-open-source-artificial-intelligence-for>
as an open replacement for speech driven AI (i.a. Siri, Cortana, Google
Now) that easily hackable?