Saturday September 17, 2022; 1:44 AM EDT
- What if Apple had spent ten years perfecting some fundamental capabilities in Siri:#
- Giving directions and explaining multistep processes clearly.#
- Asking questions and prompting for answers needed to fulfill a request.#
- Maintaining a transcript of previous queries and answers.#
- Organizing queries and answers into a personal corpus and knowledge base for the user and being able to draw on the corpus when replying to requests.#
- Integrating into other subsystems and mediums, such as the file system, notes, tagging, text, audio, and video.#
- Understanding and speaking in multiple languages.#
- ...The foundation would be set for Siri to be truly helpful and extraordinary and a demonstrable advancement in the art and science of User Interface and information architecture.#
- But Siri is more like a glorified input field on a Search web page.#
- Without an Internet connection, Siri cannot even answer a simple question, "What time is it?". At some point, Apple folks made architectural decisions and set business priorities that fixed Siri on a path that neither delights customers nor advances the state-of-the-art.#