I think there is more here than meets the eye. I see two issues with Siri:
The first is that I feel awkward talking to a computer, As I type this, I think the words, and my fingers make the text appear. I then read it, and rethink my thoughts. Not so with Siri - I have to think what to say, then say it, and the cognitive process is very different. It just always feels awkward. With my Apple Watch, Siri is on my wrist all the time, but that interface is silent, and more often than not, there is a huge delay in response, and then she tells me (after 10 seconds of staring at my wrist) to go look at my iPhone. Yuck.
The second issue is perhaps a little easier: Siri isn't very smart. Maybe better now, but even when I get past the issue above, she is basically unreliable. Maybe this gets better with time (like I got better at typing.)
But...if Siri is in my household and displays visually and audibly though my mac and apple TV...maybe we're on to something. It seems like maybe the Amazon Echo/Alexis is a bit further ahead here.
TL;DR: I'm a visual person, and Siri's unreliability and lack of speed is frustrating. YMMV etc etc
You talk to people don't you. The concept is the same as giving someone an order or direction. Admittedly giving order to someone isn't always a comfortable experience.
I agree that latency is a big issues, this is why I'd want to see the AI moved into Mac OS. The AI would then only go to the net for data it needs.
Siri is under constant development but unfortunately it seems to have regressed in some ways. I really don't see any reason for Apple to hold of improvements to Siri considering how much of Siri runs on Apples servers.
IMO, Siri has no chance at being faster/more convenient than keyboard + mouse input. It just doesn't make any sense. And if you use the speed/reliability of Siri in its current form as benchmark for what to expect, I can't see myself ever using it on a Mac.
Conversely it makes perfect sense on AppleTV, and is occasionally useful on iOS, especially in handsfree/eyesfree scenarios.
This is one of those things that depends upon how you use your Mac. For some it might be totally worthless, for others it might be a more useful way to interact with their apps. I suspect that the big problem with Siri on the Mac will be performance, Siri in many contexts is totally useless simply due to the latenancy when trying to get anything done. Local AI support in Mac OS would help to fix this.
In any event Siri on the Mac would be more useful if functionality was easily extensible via user or vendor created scripts. So you might ask Siri to display the latest production reports which would cause Siri to run a series of scripts to do that. Obviously hooks into apps better than the current scripting features would be needed.
In any event anything Apple delivers would have to be seen as a release one technology. AI tech doesn't improve overnight so what they start with on the Mac might take years to evolve into a feature people use universally.
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I agree that latency is a big issues, this is why I'd want to see the AI moved into Mac OS. The AI would then only go to the net for data it needs.
Siri is under constant development but unfortunately it seems to have regressed in some ways. I really don't see any reason for Apple to hold of improvements to Siri considering how much of Siri runs on Apples servers.
In any event Siri on the Mac would be more useful if functionality was easily extensible via user or vendor created scripts. So you might ask Siri to display the latest production reports which would cause Siri to run a series of scripts to do that. Obviously hooks into apps better than the current scripting features would be needed.
In any event anything Apple delivers would have to be seen as a release one technology. AI tech doesn't improve overnight so what they start with on the Mac might take years to evolve into a feature people use universally.
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