Siri and The Three Laws of Robotics

Siri and The Three Laws of Robotics

I know the title, “Siri and The Three Laws of Robotics” sounds like the topic of a really dull lecture or the title of a science fiction episode, but it is neither…. My investigations of humorous responses when asking Apple’s Siri silly questions has so far included an awareness of Monty Python, a view on…

What Does The Fox Say?

What Does The Fox Say? Ask Siri…

You may be familiar with the odd responses the I have previously had from Siri showing that someone in the team responsible for the personal assistant on the iPhone is a fan of Monty Python, and that Siri also has an interesting view on the announcement of Peter Capaldi as the latest incarnation of Dr…

Siri's view on Dr Who

Siri’s view on Dr Who

Some of you may remember that I discovered a few weeks ago that Apple’s Siri actually knows something about Monty Python, and given the big announcement that we have a new Dr Who in Peter Capaldi, I thought that I should ascertain what Siri’s view on the new Doctor might be.  I asked the rather…

Siri tells me something useful

Siri tells me something useful

If you, like me, have an accent that has anything other than a very standard intonation and no hint of a dialect, and have an iphone, then you will probably also consider Siri to be nothing more than an unusable feature who does not understand you. Tonight, for the first time, I have managed a…