This reminds me of the difference between Siri and Google Assistant when voice assistants first came out. Google was always no-nonsense, no jokes, just giving

This reminds me of the difference between Siri and Google Assistant when voice assistants first came out. Google was always no-nonsense, no jokes, just giving you want you're trying to get. It doesn't pretend to be a person, it acts like what it is: a tool. It's a voice interface for looking up information and accomplishing tasks. Siri, on the other hand, was a "person" that would try to respond like it was a person. Compliment Siri and you'd get a response saying "Thank you" or some such thing. It provided some entertainment when you'd ask Siri weird personal stuff and see how she'd respond. Some people may like Siri, but I always found it tacky. It was trying too hard to be cute instead of useful. I appreciate the no-nonsense Google approach instead of Siri. Perhaps the balance in these attributes have changed since they first rolled out, but the difference was very stark at first.