Have any of you Siri owners run through the scenarios in the ads? Do they work? Some giz people were saying they couldn't do the gazpacho one. And I'd just feel creeped out if the Malkovich does but...uncanny valley AI, thank god it has no face.
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§ ita § - May 29, 2012 6:06:24 pm PDT #20158 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vortex - May 29, 2012 6:24:18 pm PDT #20159 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I've never bothered to try, because I figure that they have programmed Siri for those scenarios because they know that people will try it.
§ ita § - May 29, 2012 7:42:15 pm PDT #20160 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, doesn't seem to be working out for them.
-t - May 29, 2012 8:15:33 pm PDT #20161 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, Siri told me she doesn't know any good jokes and I can't get her to pronounce my name the way I prefer. She's set reminders for me and found things nearby just fine, though. Including organic markets.
In looking at the transcripts for those ads I just found out that SLJ is looking for mushrooms for his risotto, not mushrooms from Arizona. That makes more sense.
Vortex - May 29, 2012 8:33:15 pm PDT #20162 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
the iPhone is also sexist. When I type "Step", it defaults to "Stephan", and doesn't even figure out "Stephanie" when I add the "i". It's my bloody name, how often do I type it, and why can't if figure it out!
omnis_audis - May 29, 2012 8:39:24 pm PDT #20163 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
and doesn't even figure out "Stephanie" when I add the "i". It's my bloody name, how often do I type it, and why can't if figure it out!
::blink, blink:: It's not Vortex??
§ ita § - May 29, 2012 8:56:19 pm PDT #20164 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Stephanie's in your dictionary, right? Like all your address book words, right?
When you type a word you don't know, does it prompt you to add it to the dictionary, or is that automatic?
I can't get her to pronounce my name the way I prefer
One of the giz users who couldn't run the scripts pointed out Zooey's phone never uses her name.
Steph L. - May 29, 2012 10:59:26 pm PDT #20165 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I can't get her to pronounce my name the way I prefer
One of my friends has Siri call him Big Papa. Which is funny in concept -- and hilarious when you hear her answer the question "Who's your daddy?" with "You are, Big Papa. Now can we get back to work?"
flea - May 30, 2012 1:43:22 am PDT #20166 of 25501
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mr. flea spent half an hour on Saturday trying to get Siri to find him some gazpacho. It did not work.
In general Siri is a figure of fun in our house. She can't understand the children at all, so they like to talk to her and see what hash she makes of their sentences. It gets dangerous when she starts volunteering to telephone research professors in other time zones.
megan walker - May 30, 2012 5:59:50 am PDT #20167 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That reminds me of testing language software ages ago at the university I was teaching at in France and it mapping my English pronunciation as completely off because it was based on British English.