David Pogue: '125 Tests of the New AI Siri'
David Pogue conducted 125 tests on the new AI-powered Siri to evaluate its accuracy and capabilities. While the assistant failed in a few instances, it successfully completed many tasks that surprised the reviewer. Pogue encourages users to overcome the habit of manually opening apps and learn to trust the system to save time.
- ▪David Pogue performed 125 specific tests on the final version of the new AI Siri.
- ▪The test cases included tasks confirmed by Apple, suggestions from Reddit users, and Pogue's own experiments.
- ▪Siri failed a handful of times but also accomplished surprising feats that impressed the tester.
- ▪Pogue advises users to practice using Siri to build trust and reduce the time spent fumbling with apps.
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The hardest part will be getting out of the habit of opening apps, and remembering that you have Siri. Give it a few tries. Learn to trust it. You’ll save incredible amounts of time and fumbling. I used the beta-test version all summer, growing more and more excited. Now that the final version is out, I wanted to see how often it gets things right. It is AI, after all. So I ran it through 125 tests. Some of these tasks are things Apple said are possible. Some ideas, I picked up from people on Reddit trying stuff. Some, I just wondered if Siri could do. It failed a handful of times. But a few other times, it absolutely blew me away. It did amazing things I bet you never suspected Siri could do.
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