Siri is an amazing piece of software
Update: While we’re on the topic of software talking to you like it has a mind of its own, meet Dr. Sbaitso ( acronym for Sound Blaster Artificial Intelligence Text to Speech Operator). Dr. Sbaitso was an artificial intelligence program that runs on MS DOS and was released by Creative Labs 20 years ago. Watch Dr. Sbaitso in action after the jump.
Take a look at this video especially towards the end when Siri answers “noted”. The computing that goes on behind this piece of software is extraordinary. We will say that Siri is one very intelligent piece of code and this video demonstrates Siri’s intelligence amazingly.
Question now is, is Siri practical in everyday use? Especially when you’re talking to it in noisy environments. What do you think?
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Stuff that Siri says
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Siri, the sweet talking, smart aleck, voice activated personal assistant that’s exclusively built into the iPhone 4S is the most talked-about feature on Apple’s latest phone.
Once again with everything Apple, a polarised discourse has quickly developed around the feature with one side touting Siti Siri as one of the most important innovations in personal technology, while on the other side of the argument, we have those who believe that Siri is just another gimmick.
In record time, a genius has setup a tumbler that archives all the witty, intelligent and weird replies dished out by Siri. It’s pretty impressive we have to say and whatever side you stand on in the Siri debate, this website is definitely worth a look.
Full list of shit stuff that Siri says can be found here.