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Big Tech Is Faking AI (www.youtube.com)
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A new report has shown that Amazon's "Just Walk Out" AI checkout process is actually processed by 1,000 staff in India.Tech companies are under pressure to d...

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I never quite got that. Apple boys and commercials alsways treated siri like that smart, super useful thing that can answer questions and is basically a thinking being. In reality it's some speech to text google machine that can do a few things sometimes. Same with the android equivalent, i use it to set a timer while cooking, for the life of me i can't imagine using it for anything else.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Unit conversion, weather info, set reminders, control music...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

These. Also, random celebrity factoids (height, married, dead, etc), how long to get to some town you've never heard of, basic math that I'm too lazy to do myself.

Sometimes making it meow to confuse my cat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is "Hey Siri, skip this track" really any better than just, reaching up and tapping your earphone?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I usually listen to music on some Google home device, so it works for me. Or if I'm cooking and have dirty hands.

Of course when I'm commuting I just control it on the earphone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I don’t think there are very many “Apple boys” that actually think Siri is good. Haven’t been for many many years.

Siri is ok for simple tasks, like timers, directions, media controls, accessing contacts, or transcription. Beyond the that, it’s famously shitty. Apple communities have been ranting about Siri for the better part of a decade now.