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It's incredible how bad it is. It actually seems to be getting worse year by year. I nearly crashed my car on the freeway trying to set a reminder to pay a toll
by JohnMakin 2y ago
It's incredible how bad it is. It actually seems to be getting worse year by year. I nearly crashed my car on the freeway trying to set a reminder to pay a toll the other day - I changed my mind and tried to get siri to cancel the action, and no matter what I said, she kept asking "what time? what time? what time?" on endless loop, and when siri is activated on my car's dashboard, I can't see the map - forcing me to avert my attention from the road, disconnect my phone, then plug it back in and pull my map up again.
She can't do or understand the most astoundingly basic stuff. I guess maybe it "feels" worse now because most LLM's are pretty good at understanding your meaning/intention, but my god, it's so bad that if I were in charge of that product I'd rip it out entirely. There's no way anyone finds any real use out of it.
- immibis 2y agoFWIW you were not forced to distract yourself from the road - officially, you should have got off the freeway at the next exit and parked before sorting stuff out.
- JohnMakin 2y agoI mean, sure. Or this could just work how it's marketed to work. Thanks for the helpful reminder!
- alt227 2y agoWhen something is called CarPlay and actively marketed as a way to use your phone services whilst driving, you would expect it to have a good enough UX that doesnt detract from safe driving to use it.
- immibis 2y agoThe law doesn't care what marketing you received and neither does physics. Don't crash your car over a radio.
- alt227 2y agoI didnt, I wont, and nor did the parent post. You seem to have conjured up a scenario just to be condescending. Dont do that. CarPlay or anything else designed to use while driving should never fail to the point of distracting the driver. If it does, its broken and not fit for market. IMO in this instance, Sirri should have recognised that CarPlay was activated, that it had not got an answer it recognised multiple times in a row, and failed safe saying 'Pull over to continue' or something like that. Hiding the current navigation map and asking the same question over and over again to the point of distraction shows the system is not fit for pupose and shouldnt be used whilst driving.
- bluGill 2y agoEven if everything worked you should not be trying to do that while driving. Keep your attention on the road - you are in control of several tons of metal moving at deadly speeds. (don't sing a long with the radio either)
- JohnMakin 2y agoI'm unsure of your point. Are you arguing that issuing a verbal command to my voice assistant is not paying attention to the road? No more than talking to a passenger, really.
- bluGill 2y agoYes. I'm arguing talking to a passenger is not something you should be doing either. You are in control of something deadly, not a video game or toy - act like it.
- JohnMakin 2y agoThis seems unnecessarily snarky and way off topic, not to mention a bit silly. I've piloted much, much larger things professionally than a car, thanks for your concern though.
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- ziml77 2y agoYou could have just given it a time and canceled it later when it was safe to. No need to endanger others on the road for this.
- JohnMakin 2y agoHad I not been flustered and in insane traffic I probably would have been able to figure this out on the spot quickly enough. I did eventually try this after a few minutes and it still wasn’t working. Alternatively, the product could just work how it’s advertised.