[mumblemumble]

But do I even want an actually smart Siri?

Microsoft's been trying to ram essentially that down my throat for the better part of a year now, and it's mostly convinced me that the answer is "no". I don't want to have arbitrary conversations with my computer.

I still just want the same thing I've been wanting from my digital assistant for 30 years now: fewer "eat up Martha" moments, and handling more intents so that I can ask "When does the next east-bound bus come?" and it stops answering questions like "Will it rain today?" as if I had asked "Is it raining right now?". None of those are particularly appropriate problems for a GPT-style model.

[PodgieTar]

I would like to maybe be able to say:

Set two timers, one for 20 minutes, and another for 50 minutes.

or

Turn off the lights in my living room, and my office.

That's about as advanced as I want my home assistants to be though.