Siri will continue to be incompetent ... until it very suddenly isn't

Siri will continue to be incompetent ... until it very suddenly isn't

I know, we’ve been waiting forever for the new Siri and it still isn’t here yet. Many are adopting the...

Apple’s Siri Problem: Why the Voice Assistant Will Stay Broken Until Apple Flips a Very Big Switch

For years, Siri has been the punchline of the smart assistant world. Not because Apple lacks engineering talent or financial resources — the company sits on more than $160 billion in cash — but because the architectural bones of Siri were never designed for the kind of intelligence users now demand. That’s about to change. But the transition won’t be gradual. It will be abrupt, jarring, and, if Apple executes correctly, transformative in a way t…

Siri will continue to be incompetent … until it very suddenly isn’t

I know, we've been waiting forever for the new Siri and it still isn't here yet. Many are adopting the cynical view that it won't be worth the wait, and that AI is mostly hype anyway. I've long felt that my own view of AI is somewhat at odds with the very polarized views mostly expressed on the internet. That it's a villain or a hero. That it's a mental toddler or a professor. I don't see it as either, but a recent experience with Claude suggest…