So sad that now this is what people call Artificial Intelligence. Talk about setting the bar low.
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Siri Creators Debuting New AI Assistant 'Viv' Next Week
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Well good for the former Siri team for innovating past what they did with Siri. Apple has integrated Siri into OS - but I don't think it has truly brought it a leap forward as they should by now.
How could Siri be 'Handy' and 'Smart' a few years back, but not today? As compared to the past, Leaps and bounds have improved for Siri. She's not perfect, but your statement does not boast anything of why Siri is far less superior from then until now. My experience has been more than stellar.
Skynet, is that you?
As if there is anything more mind blowing that the general public has access to at this point? If you have any further credentials on where the bar should be set, I'm eager to read your reply based on your hypothesis of Artificial Intelligence.
Fascinating. Reminds me how consistently disappointed I am with Siri.
Just remember people, Apple bought Siri because they couldn't do it themselves. Microsoft built Cortana from the ground up in house. Hence she's a way better AI.
Siri is slow and can't comprehend half of what she's told.
Siri is slow and can't comprehend half of what she's told.
Just anorher strategy to sell a "new" product. The viv-boys are just doing their job: Spelling ill of a sold predecessor is part of profit maximation. It's that simple. I found really unsexy haters of Siri here, maybe related to that campain.
Personally, I think Siri does her job quite well. I do not know one single person here in the real world around me, that hates Siri.
We are living in a competive world. But spitting across the street is beyond cultivated colloquial. It's that easy.
Personally, I think Siri does her job quite well. I do not know one single person here in the real world around me, that hates Siri.
We are living in a competive world. But spitting across the street is beyond cultivated colloquial. It's that easy.
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So Apple will buy Viv, then ultra hype it, and then it'll stagnate for the next 3-5 years like Siri. No thanks.
That's true of any big company. Maybe they learned their lesson and will go it alone this time.
My limited experience with Hound was pleasant. Much faster than Siri and understood what was told every time. I'm lucky if Siri even tries to work on my watch. I find myself saying "hey Siri" multiple times before giving up and setting a timer on my own.
Care to explain what a "weighed vendor" is?
Here is a post of mine on the topic:
Let me share a very noteworthy insight - was meeting with some software developers that are and have been quite active at UC Berkeley, ICSI, and Stanford AI efforts. I asked for their opinions on Apple / Siri. The uniform answer was that Apple had no one that competent in the AI field. They were puzzled as to why Apple, with all its cash, had not hired the best people and become far more capable in the area. Sounds like the Maps debacle and streaming video content failure.
The thought was that possibly neither Cook nor his team can recognize talent. Picking the wrong people for the wrong reasons?
If you don't have vision and execution capacity the future looks dim......
I don't know why she seems to have devolved...
But with my use of Siri in the past, she used to tell jokes, would actually almost debate with me on something or say snarky/witty comments, she was more accurate in doing what I asked and was able to do more tasks. I try the same thing on the 6s plus and she is constantly messing up not hearing what i say even if i'm an inch away, she also contantly says "i can't do that" on tasks she could do before, (all this despite software refreshes and iPhone iOS restores.) The same happens on my family's iPhone 6s'.... so i'm not boasting anything, only stating my personal viewpoint of what I think Siri was and now is like.. (again in my eyes.)
Glad your experience with Siri is good, mine and several people (including Apple Technicians, Best Buy Apple salesman, and family and friends) all have said and or agreed to having the same experiences as I have and am having.
Kal.
I would not be surprised if Siri went dementia on us.
"Siri, schedule me an appointment with the doctor tomorrow."
siri: "okay, I scheduled it."
"Siri, when did you schedule my doctor appointment?"
Siri: "you haven't made one."
"Siri, schedule me an appointment with the doctor tomorrow."
siri: "okay, I scheduled it."
"Siri, when did you schedule my doctor appointment?"
Siri: "you haven't made one."
Yeah. Siri used to be able to actually at least know what she couldn't do.
Apple had this stuff on iOS for years. It's called Voice Control. That's all Siri does.
The charade is over. It's not funny anymore, it's not entertaining. Siri is Voice Control. Open App Siri.
Apple never refers to Siri as an artificial intelligence. And it is not one.
Apple had this stuff on iOS for years. It's called Voice Control. That's all Siri does.
The charade is over. It's not funny anymore, it's not entertaining. Siri is Voice Control. Open App Siri.
Mine experience with Siri is good too. Sorry for the poor people that always suffer from "bad" products. It's their attitude for live?? ;-)
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"You're the ones the brought me MobileMe"
Steve Jobs
These guys told me Siri would do these cool things. Never materialized. Not believing the hype.
Steve Jobs
These guys told me Siri would do these cool things. Never materialized. Not believing the hype.
Lol. and sorry it was not Viv doing real time translation, it was just google translation ;-)Did you dictate that post using Siri?
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I want an AI expert. That you can ask questions in your profession and it can be a helper. I don't need something to make movie and dinner plans.
I wish these guys were still around to help my poor friend Siri. She's just not that helpful.
Man if only she could let me make reminders and appointments offline. I travel a lot and don't always have the internet where I am. This is just for starters (I'm hooked into my calendar and tasks)
Man if only she could let me make reminders and appointments offline. I travel a lot and don't always have the internet where I am. This is just for starters (I'm hooked into my calendar and tasks)
I hope MacRumors continues to cover this story. Apple couldn't do it, Microsoft couldn't do it, but someone can.