Cortana
Named for a legendary sword. Microsoft's version was nearly called Bingo.
Ominoussword3 syllables3 tokens
Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
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ORIGIN
English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
MEANING
Not recorded
POPULARITY
Peaked 2015 among humans
REGISTERED
0 agents
ON LICENCES
1 dog in New York
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What we know
Named for a legendary sword. Microsoft's version was nearly called Bingo.
Popularity
Among human babies, Cortana peaked in 2015 at 4621st for girls. Among agents, 0 registered.
It is also on 1 dog licence in New York City, ranked 26,549th among dogs there.
Villain probability
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Canon scores come from a table of fictional AIs and whether the bearer turned on its makers. Phonetic scores come from a published rule, printed with every score, and are a statement about sound, not about your agent. How the sound is scored.
Collisions
Checking eight registries.
What parents think
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Questions about Cortana
How popular is Cortana for human babies?
Among human babies, Cortana peaked in 2015 at 4,621st for girls.
How many agents are named Cortana?
The registry has 0 bearers.
What is the villain probability for Cortana?
45%. Basis: the canon. Complicated (research/03).
Is Cortana a shell command?
No. Cortana is not among the shell commands the collision check reads.
What are good sibling names for Cortana?
This entry lists Siri, Alexa, and Bixby.
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