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This doesn't even mention the most obvious one to me: Google Assistant. It's way, way better than Siri and well integrated (at least on pixel phones that I've u

by pants2 3y ago

This doesn't even mention the most obvious one to me: Google Assistant. It's way, way better than Siri and well integrated (at least on pixel phones that I've used).

nomilk 3y ago
It's surprising how neglected some macOS/iOS features are. Siri doesn't seem to get smarter, and consequently, I pretty much never use it. When I asked it for the time yesterday when my hands were wet it glowed for a few seconds then searched the internet for "hey siri can you tell me the time". I could only shake my head and laugh. I really want chatGPT in place of siri. Spotlight search on macOS is mostly broken (with no fix in sight), and autocorrect on macOS feels like it was made by kid with limited vocab and no familiarity beyond the most commonly used words (e.g. sometimes 7/8 letters correct isn't enough for macOS to make any guess as to what you might have meant).
- doctoboggan 3y ago
  Well you might be in luck as there is a pretty good consensus that the next iOS will be heavily focused on Siri improvements. Some people are suggesting the new iPhone will be able to run an LLM locally as the Siri backend. I will be curious to see how the usually controlling and exacting Apple will grapple with an inherently unpredictable LLM.
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  - doctaj 3y ago
    That, unfortunately, won’t help it set two alarms at the same time.
- switch007 3y ago
  Siri is so bad recently my homepods are basically useless. I think their APIs are overloaded or something. Siri tries to blame my internet but it's fine and the WiFi signal is strong. I don't even think asking the time is processed locally
- pants2 3y ago
  At least with Mac we have Raycast as a vastly superior alternative to spotlight! You can also install GBoard as an alternative keyboard on iPhone and use it's superior autocorrect. But sadly there is no way to replace Siri.
  - AceJohnny2 3y ago
    Huh, hadn't heard of Raycast, I've been using Alfred for a few years, and hadn't heard of Raycast in the my little circle. I guess I'll read this https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/alfred-raycast https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/alfred-raycast

by pants2 3y ago

This doesn't even mention the most obvious one to me: Google Assistant. It's way, way better than Siri and well integrated (at least on pixel phones that I've used).

nomilk 3y ago

It's surprising how neglected some macOS/iOS features are. Siri doesn't seem to get smarter, and consequently, I pretty much never use it. When I asked it for the time yesterday when my hands were wet it glowed for a few seconds then searched the internet for "hey siri can you tell me the time". I could only shake my head and laugh. I really want chatGPT in place of siri. Spotlight search on macOS is mostly broken (with no fix in sight), and autocorrect on macOS feels like it was made by kid with limited vocab and no familiarity beyond the most commonly used words (e.g. sometimes 7/8 letters correct isn't enough for macOS to make any guess as to what you might have meant).

doctoboggan 3y ago
Well you might be in luck as there is a pretty good consensus that the next iOS will be heavily focused on Siri improvements. Some people are suggesting the new iPhone will be able to run an LLM locally as the Siri backend. I will be curious to see how the usually controlling and exacting Apple will grapple with an inherently unpredictable LLM.
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- doctaj 3y ago
  That, unfortunately, won’t help it set two alarms at the same time.
switch007 3y ago
Siri is so bad recently my homepods are basically useless. I think their APIs are overloaded or something. Siri tries to blame my internet but it's fine and the WiFi signal is strong. I don't even think asking the time is processed locally
pants2 3y ago
At least with Mac we have Raycast as a vastly superior alternative to spotlight! You can also install GBoard as an alternative keyboard on iPhone and use it's superior autocorrect. But sadly there is no way to replace Siri.
- AceJohnny2 3y ago
  Huh, hadn't heard of Raycast, I've been using Alfred for a few years, and hadn't heard of Raycast in the my little circle. I guess I'll read this https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/alfred-raycast https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/alfred-raycast