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Do you guys thank Siri?

by unsignednoop on 11/19/22, 2:35 AM with 11 comments

You’re not a rude arsehole to your assistant are you?

  • by wernerb on 11/19/22, 3:25 AM

    Ideally the responses are curt and short. Such as the star trek computer that just has a beep to acknowledge. I don't really feel it necessary we need to start anthropomorphizing machines. "hey Google" is spectacularly annoying. I am not talking to Google (large corp), and I don't want to greet the plastic on my desk in order for it to function.

    Can only hope in the future we can say "computer", state what we want and then ack with a beep.

    Anthropomorphizing is all marketing and tricking people into attachments to devices. A side effect is that a wrong response creates not only annoyance (oops wrong prompt), but now also disappointment (why doesn't Siri listen to me!?).

  • by akeck on 11/19/22, 2:55 AM

    Yes. I think it's fun to be ultra polite with voice assistants to see what happens.

  • by eucryphia on 11/19/22, 4:47 AM

    I say 'please' but I don't know if the algorithm processes that. I don't say 'thank you' because I'd have to say 'Hey Siri' thank you'?

    I would think 'tone of voice' would carry more nuanced information than vocal good manners. Our pets can understand some words, certainly tome of voice, but not whole sentences.

  • by yial on 11/19/22, 3:04 AM

    I always use please.

    It’s a good habit to keep up.

  • by bentheklutz on 11/19/22, 2:59 AM

    Off the top of my head I can't remember thanking Siri, though I definitely have said please plenty of times.

    A fun Siri easter egg: If you ask it "Do they speak english in what?" it will simply respond "What"

  • by djaouen on 11/19/22, 3:06 AM

    I will now, because pleasing guilt-trippers is all I live for!

  • by mikequinlan on 11/19/22, 3:08 AM

    Only when she is actually helpful.

  • by unclenoriega on 11/19/22, 3:05 AM

    I thank Google Assistant sometimes

  • by smegsicle on 11/19/22, 5:54 AM

    if someone thanked me the same way they thanked a computer i'd feel offended

  • by WantonQuantum on 11/19/22, 2:38 AM

    Not since she friend-zoned me.