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

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?