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Siri AI impressions!

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So far it’s working great. It provides answers for most questions I ask it. I find a performance pretty good. It’ll be interesting to see how well it performs in September when millions and millions are using it.

Things I try to do with it so far:
- “ when is the new Jumanji movie coming out?”. I followed it up with “ add it to my calendar”
- “ convert this image to black-and-white”
- used AI to create a shortcut
- “ summarize this video”


I hope one day it will integrate with the party email apps. I mainly use Spark, but I may have to go back to Apple Mail. As well as hope I can integrate it with Gemini for when I need to do some advance image generation with nano banana.
 
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it is actually useful now. I don’t do anything crazy I mean I’ve only ever used Siri to send text messages. But seems more capable. I asked it to “show me nighttime photos of my trip last month” and it managed that. It also could tell me my location and exactly how long to my destination. Felt like I could almost hold a conversation with it.

Tried getting it to open YouTube Music app or play music but it kept saying something went wrong.

The standalone app is nice to finally have. I usually go to ChatGPT so will see if Siri can replace it.

Only got access this morning so will test it out more later.
 
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ianrip said:
How does it work with 3rd party apps?

For example can it read What’s App messages, or OneDrive files ??
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I’m pretty sure that it can interact as much as shortcuts app can. To be able to do more, 3rd party providers will need to update their app.
 
KurtWilde said:
Anyone able to get Siri to check info from Notes?
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Yes, I asked Siri how many notes had the word iPhone and it gave me a response along with the relevant notes below

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Does it have a saved memory? For instance if you tell it that you have kids so all movie recommendations moving forward should be G or PG? Or like if you are vegan and so all restaurant recommendations should have vegan options? Etc.
 
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Finally got access last night, and it does work very well. I’m actually quite impressed. I find I actually don’t genuinely need it to do that much advanced stuff, but it is cool that it can, one thing I’ve noticed though, it does seem to use quite a bit of battery and heat up my phone when doing multiple request, not sure if it’s just being on an iPhone Air or if it’s just the early beta issue that’ll be ironed out.
 
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I use an app called Narwhal to browse Reddit. I use an iPhone Air most of the time, but sometimes I pull out my XS Max for nostalgia purposes or just to experience pre-liquid glass design. The problem is, I wanted a 4-icon navigation bar on the Air and a 5-icon navigation bar on the XS Max. Google failed me. I couldn’t figure it out on my own.

Siri solved it for me! Had to turn iCloud sync off for the XS Max and modify the nav bar after allowing all the other settings to sync over.

However, Siri also provided this data earlier in the afternoon…

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Brettka7 said:
However, Siri also provided this data earlier in the afternoon…

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Pretty typical AI answer. I feel the one thing that AI has changed about me over the last year is how specific I get in my questions. I am learning to talk to the computer better than it is learning to understand me. It does have a side benefit of I now write better work emails with more precise requests of people so I don't have nearly as much back and forth responses.

Changing the question to "How much protein is in a pound of chicken?" (omitting grams) gets it away from thinking about weight, but it still tells you it varies depending on the cut of chicken. This line of thinking eventually leads you to asking questions like "How much protein is in one pound of cooked, ground chicken?" (105.5 with some variation for fat content).

Not sure I like the idea that we need to rewrite our brains to use AI properly, but it kind of just happens naturally over time (as long as you understand when you got a wrong answer and practice rewording your questions - something I worry too many younger users who are not used to troubleshooting problems will not try).

What I think is missing in this current Siri beta is the usual warnings that AI can be wrong. I don't find any of the caveats included with every other AI service in the Siri settings or responses.

The multiple models seem to give different responses too. I get different results between the on-screen preview for my question and once I hit enter.

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Multiple sources tell me Zach Edey is 7'3", so the final result is right and the preview is wrong. Was the preview just a web search or was it one of the 5 models that makes up Siri? Hard to tell.
 
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HouseLannister said:
Pretty typical AI answer. I feel the one thing that AI has changed about me over the last year is how specific I get in my questions. I am learning to talk to the computer better than it is learning to understand me. It does have a side benefit of I now write better work emails with more precise requests of people so I don't have nearly as much back and forth responses.

Changing the question to "How much protein is in a pound of chicken?" (omitting grams) gets it away from thinking about weight, but it still tells you it varies depending on the cut of chicken. This line of thinking eventually leads you to asking questions like "How much protein is in one pound of cooked, ground chicken?" (105.5 with some variation for fat content).

Not sure I like the idea that we need to rewrite our brains to use AI properly, but it kind of just happens naturally over time (as long as you understand when you got a wrong answer and practice rewording your questions - something I worry too many younger users who are not used to troubleshooting problems will not try).

What I think is missing in this current Siri beta is the usual warnings that AI can be wrong. I don't find any of the caveats included with every other AI service in the Siri settings or responses.

The multiple models seem to give different responses too. I get different results between the on-screen preview for my question and once I hit enter.

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Multiple sources tell me Zach Edey is 7'3", so the final result is right and the preview is wrong. Was the preview just a web search or was it one of the 5 models that makes up Siri? Hard to tell.
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Does it really matter if AI isn't always accurate though?
The important part is to just "use it".

-Some AI booster I'm sure
 
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HouseLannister said:
Pretty typical AI answer. I feel the one thing that AI has changed about me over the last year is how specific I get in my questions. I am learning to talk to the computer better than it is learning to understand me. It does have a side benefit of I now write better work emails with more precise requests of people so I don't have nearly as much back and forth responses.

Changing the question to "How much protein is in a pound of chicken?" (omitting grams) gets it away from thinking about weight, but it still tells you it varies depending on the cut of chicken. This line of thinking eventually leads you to asking questions like "How much protein is in one pound of cooked, ground chicken?" (105.5 with some variation for fat content).

Not sure I like the idea that we need to rewrite our brains to use AI properly, but it kind of just happens naturally over time (as long as you understand when you got a wrong answer and practice rewording your questions - something I worry too many younger users who are not used to troubleshooting problems will not try).

What I think is missing in this current Siri beta is the usual warnings that AI can be wrong. I don't find any of the caveats included with every other AI service in the Siri settings or responses.

The multiple models seem to give different responses too. I get different results between the on-screen preview for my question and once I hit enter.

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Multiple sources tell me Zach Edey is 7'3", so the final result is right and the preview is wrong. Was the preview just a web search or was it one of the 5 models that makes up Siri? Hard to tell.
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Not anymore. Victor Wembanyama of the Spurs is the tallest at almost 7’5”.
 
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