Well it’s nice to know at least that Apple employees are at least aware how much Siri sucks and have been pushing for improvements, though obviously, that doesn’t seem to have made any significant improvements.
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Report Details Turmoil Behind Apple's AI Efforts, 'Siri X,' and Headset Voice Controls
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Visionless bean counters and an entrenched aristocracy of executives are who runs apple
Yeah, and I drive better drunk.
Oh wait, I thought we were just saying things that aren’t true…
Also, I wonder how many people put on cruise control just to respond to “that one text message”…
Siri development already stopped after 2 years of introduction. After 10 years there will be a command to start a screen recording. In the meanwhile CHATGPT writes complex software in few seconds.
Siri has not really evolved since 2010 when I was using the tech when it was being developed by the previous company. Every single iPhone user I know thinks it's a joke. Because it is.
Seems apple no longer links to wolfram alpha which means you can’t do a lot of math functions. I also use it for tide charts and that’s gone too. What happened?
I would use Homekit instead of Google or Alexa but for some reason I can't add 2 of my 3 Lifx devices to HK
No such issue with Google and Alexa
Might be a Lifx problem
Edit : just fond this : apparently there us a simple solution to this problem
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Apple is doomed. The top AI developers jumped ship. Apple is no longer the place to work if you want to be part of something great. Cook and the other "executives" turned into bean counters who share a fear of new technology.
But that's exactly what I've come to expect from Tim. And again I have to think of the words of Steve Jobs ....
History repeats. Jobs wanted to make the best products and ignored profit in the first place. Tim "got very greedy" putting profit in the first place and ignoring products.
But that's exactly what I've come to expect from Tim. And again I have to think of the words of Steve Jobs ....
History repeats. Jobs wanted to make the best products and ignored profit in the first place. Tim "got very greedy" putting profit in the first place and ignoring products.
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Dear Apple, here is an idea for how to improve Siri. Hire some interns to go on reddit and make a spreadsheet of all of the issues users are running into with siri. Scan r/siri and r/siri fail. Add columns "What was the user trying to do?" "What did the user say?" "Why didn't it work". Now have engineers go in and categorize the reasons of why it didn't work, prioritize, and fix.
You will see many rants complaining about siri. I think one of the reasons it has be frustrating is that it's a two way learning process. Often users find that some feature that once worked no longer works. They stop using it all together and it looses its feature set and therefore value. Or, the user learns a new wording if they can make it work still.
For example, "hey siri talk softer" and "talk quieter" actually have a different outcome now. One lowers the siri speaking voice, one lowers the media volume.
The siri functionality is definitely in flux. They are working on it actively. Things that I know were broken a month or two ago are now fixed and there are improvements. It also breaks at the same time. The problem is once something doesn't work, a human is most likely to never try to use it again.
You will see many rants complaining about siri. I think one of the reasons it has be frustrating is that it's a two way learning process. Often users find that some feature that once worked no longer works. They stop using it all together and it looses its feature set and therefore value. Or, the user learns a new wording if they can make it work still.
For example, "hey siri talk softer" and "talk quieter" actually have a different outcome now. One lowers the siri speaking voice, one lowers the media volume.
The siri functionality is definitely in flux. They are working on it actively. Things that I know were broken a month or two ago are now fixed and there are improvements. It also breaks at the same time. The problem is once something doesn't work, a human is most likely to never try to use it again.
I hope this is not a sign of bigger problems at Apple. Taking into account their poor record of botched OS updates, unclear strategy with Siri, confusing mess of OSes, and spotty record for apps (consumer and pro), particularly Music, I wonder if the pie has become too big to bite and chew without choking. Could be a tough few years for Apple if this continues as is.
I´d rather have this crappy Siri then have it be this AI information gulping privacy monster.
If they can massively improve Siri and still have high privacy then Im all for it.
I never use Siri for more then setting timers and other small stuff so I'm not really That invested.
If they can massively improve Siri and still have high privacy then Im all for it.
I never use Siri for more then setting timers and other small stuff so I'm not really That invested.
But this is what happens when the company is run a by "Supply Chain Guy" instead of a technical visionary.
At this point I feel very strongly that the Siri brand has been ruined and needs to be replaced. I personally will never use the words "hey Siri" out loud again. Let people pick their own call-word for a new iteration of AI assistant.
If Cook had any technical knowledge he would have solved the problem and provided leadership to get the better team back on Apple strategy. The problem is Cook and his lack of strategic vision.
This is where the power of Steve Jobs comes in handy. Remember when Scott Forstall and Tony Fadell were competing on which interface was best for the iPhone? Ultimately, Steve went with Scott's idea. Tony could have have used his clout as the inventor of the iPod. Tim Cook didn't use common sense and power as the leader of Apple tell the Siri X team, shutup and do every Blackbird says or you will never work in this industry again!
And, what’s important to note, is that the vast majority of folks that use these digital assistants, ONLY use them for mundane tasks. So, while there’s obviously a lot of people that want more, for most, it fits the needs.
The real story is that Tim got his chef to design a sumptuous meal to sway them to stay at Apple.
It SHOULD read “Tim’s cook personally attempted to persuade the team to stay at Apple.”
That sums it up in a nutshell.
So many people complaining about Siri will never get this. And it seems many would be OK compromising privacy for better Siri performance. And then will later complain about privacy issues.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't
where do you people make this stuff up?
Steve Jobs didn’t care about profits?
What is being smoked here, and where can I get some?
This is actually kind of a nothing burger. Siri truly sucks, but it’s not equivalent to chatGPT in any way, so making a comparison is meaningless. Apple also has a long history of leg in behind something, stepping in and then improving an existing product. I have watched people wring their hands and clutch their pearls over Apple‘s direction and future for 30 years now. They will be fine. Need to get back to work.