Tell HN: My five year old is convinced Siri is a real person
From time to time, we have had the discussions here about whether actually naming these assistive agents makes any sense. And there are pros and cons either way when you compare OK Google to Siri. When I showed this particular five-year-old OK Google, she was interested, but didn't really do much with it. Then she discovered Siri. Since that time she has used Siri nonstop. Asking all kinds of crazy things, and series doing a pretty fair job on those conversations. Some of which are frankly hilarious! I thought it might make for some interesting discussion. My observation is that her ability to address it in the same way she addresses other people has proven very compelling. The skills she already has she can use and get something meaningful. Identifying with Siri as a person seems to map right over in her mind, and she thinks she's getting a real person, the kind of attention a
Why it failed
From time to time, we have had the discussions here about whether actually naming these assistive agents makes any sense. And there are pros and cons either way when you compare OK Google to Siri. When I showed this particular five-year-old OK Google, she was interested, but didn
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- ddingus
- Ended
- 2021
- Source
- hackernews