[caust1c]

So build your own crappy agent-assistant?

In earnest though, I'm certain we'll see a community replacement of Siri by end-of-year if the iPhone permissions model allows it or there's some workaround. IDK what the limitations are here but I'm eagerly awaiting the community to step in where Siri has failed.

[dang]

> So build your own crappy agent-assistant?

"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

(Your comment would be fine without that first bit.)

[Ancapistani]

The assistant is only half the story here. This looks like a great, well-defined tutorial project to learn how to put this stuff together locally.

[andrewmcwatters]

Crappy? Dude, Siri at one point couldn't even tell you what today's date was. The bar is on the ground.

[0cf8612b2e1e]

I do not know if it is because I have been trained to make simple requests, but there are only a half dozen things I would verbally ask a robot.

- time of day

- calendar date

- weather

- set a timer

- simple math calculation

That’s 90% of the functionality right there.

[andrewmcwatters]

Funny you mention this. My usage is the same. I suspect we’ve all been trained to expect little-to-nothing from these assistants.

[sureIy]

I'm sorry, something went wrong with your "what time is it" request.

Oh you asked "what time is it in Miami?" Because I already cut you off after "what time is it".

This happens on a daily basis when I'm not talking right into my phone.

[trinix912]

It's even better asking it to play a playlist I have made and downloaded in Apple Music only for it to say "I'm going to need your permission to access your Spotify data" and play something completely random.

Even saying something like "play the playlist ____ in Apple Music" doesn't help, it cuts the "in Apple Music" part of.

[wkat4242]

For me I ask a lot of things like "How do I say <xxx> in Spanish". It's better than a google translate because it's not quite as literal, it will translate to proper colloquialisms if necessary.

[jihadjihad]

And incredibly it manages to get those wrong a non-trivial amount of the time.

[4ndrewl]

Think Different

[andreeamiclaus]

A better one* Siri can't even tell me the weather right, this assistant is an elevated version that works first, then performs great second