Siri Is Cooked; Chat Needs a Catchy Name.
Many podcasts recently have been covering the delay in the release of a better Siri or a magical Apple Intelligence.
Apple’s Siri-ous Problem - Hardfork
Has Apple Lost its Mojo? - Prof G Markets
I didn’t need to listen to a podcast, to wonder about the shift in how I interface with technology these days.
I didn’t need podcast pundits to tell me something’s shifted in how I interface with technology. These days, I find myself consulting Chat(GPT) or Gemini over doing a Google search. I talk more with Chat than with Siri — a technological relationship shift that happened almost without me noticing.
Siri
Siri Is for Simple Voice Commands to a Small Set of Applications
Siri, if it can decipher my accent, functions as a voice interface for various Apple applications.
Hey Siri, remind me when I get home, to prepare my gym bag for tomorrow.
Hey Siri, play me the Cure’s recent album.
It excels at these simple tasks, acting as a vocal doorway to your Reminders or Music app. But let’s be honest — it’s hardly seamless. It’s buggy and frustrating. Voice recognition technology has improved dramatically in recent years, making Siri’s current performance feel especially painful.
ChatGPT
Chat Brings a Partner in Crime
The Chat(GPT) voice interface shines in rich and dynamic conversations, while providing detailed outputs.
I will be rambling of a few things on my agenda today. I will call out some action items along the way. Please take note. At the end, I will ask you for a summary of the action items. Please provide them in a markdown format as follows: checkbox, #task, item.
Chat handles this prompt brilliantly. I can then copy/paste the output into my Obsidian todo list.
Chat’s Missing Link
The obvious missing piece is integration with native apps like Reminders. The last part of my prompt could have been:
… Please add them automatically into my Reminders application.
Chat currently lacks the ability to execute tasks on my computer or iPhone: e.g., make a phone call, add something to an iOS application, open up the map.
Oh, and it lacks a nice name.
Hey Scarlett or Hey Samantha, ;)