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0 pointsHarHarVeryFunny3y ago0 comments

This is what Apple's Siri was meant to be. Apple bought Siri from SRI international (Siri = SRI), and when it was launched was meant to include ability to book restaurants etc (thereby bypassing search), but somehow those capabilities were never released and today Siri still can't even control the iPhone!

My hot take on ChatGPT plugins is a bit mixed - should be very powerful, and maybe significant revenue generator, but at same time doesn't seem in the least bit responsible. We barely understand ChatGPT itself, and now it's suddenly being given ability to perform arbitrary actions!

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CobrastanJorji3y ago

Google's assistant, on the other hand, did figure out the reservation trick. Reportedly "book a table for four people at [restaurant name] tomorrow night" actually works, though I've never tried it.

HarHarVeryFunnyOP3y ago

Interesting - I wasn't aware of that. Will have to Google to see what else it may be capable of. Google really needs to update assistant with something LLM based though, and it seems Bard really isn't up to the job.

scarface743y ago

This doesn’t take a huge level of “AI” by any means. It’s really simple pattern matching in a very limited context.

rvnx3y ago

Siri's capabilities are somehow much closer to Google Bard than ChatGPT (have tried all of them).

HarHarVeryFunnyOP3y ago

That's a bit harsh on Bard, but yes - just got access today and it's surprisingly weak.

mlboss3y ago

BARD just gives up on coding questions.

golol3y ago

All chatbots require AI to really be useful. This just did not exist until a few years ago.

scarface743y ago

This isn’t really true. Siri could easily be more useful in its current state if it had a larger library of intents and API access.

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CobrastanJorji3y ago

Google's assistant, on the other hand, did figure out the reservation trick. Reportedly "book a table for four people at [restaurant name] tomorrow night" actually works, though I've never tried it.

HarHarVeryFunnyOP3y ago

scarface743y ago

This doesn’t take a huge level of “AI” by any means. It’s really simple pattern matching in a very limited context.

rvnx3y ago

Siri's capabilities are somehow much closer to Google Bard than ChatGPT (have tried all of them).

HarHarVeryFunnyOP3y ago

That's a bit harsh on Bard, but yes - just got access today and it's surprisingly weak.

mlboss3y ago

BARD just gives up on coding questions.

golol3y ago

All chatbots require AI to really be useful. This just did not exist until a few years ago.

scarface743y ago

This isn’t really true. Siri could easily be more useful in its current state if it had a larger library of intents and API access.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse