Siri detail evaluation: lack of extensive cooperation with third-party services

Wired's Brian X. chen made a focus on Siri iPhone 4S evaluation, he is full of praise for Siri's performance, in fact, this is also the common evaluation of all, everyone gives Siri a high rating.

Aside from the conventional comments, his conversation with Siri is quite interesting. We can also see a lot of Apple's processing details on Siri.

Me: I'm drunk,

Siri: I found some taxis nearby. (Good, it didn't try to call the ex-girlfriend)

Me: The tires are gone.

Siri: I found 14 trailer services, 12 of which are not far from you.

Me: Remind me to steal a starting paper when I arrive at the company.

Siri: This is the reminder entry when you arrive at the company: steal a starting paper. Should I create this entry?

Me: I want to stop myself;

Siri: I found four mental health services, three of which are near you.

Until now, Siri has worked well, but it should be noted that the reply subject here is some search results. The subsequent conversations show that there are still many shortcomings.

Lack of third-party integration limits Siri's capabilities. This is Apple's weakness. They lack sufficient data and extensive cooperation with third-party services.In fact, Siri has identified a specific location, but since there is no third-party ordering service, it fails to complete the entire operation;

Me: Order a table at Mission Beach Cafe at tonight.

Siri: Okay, Mission Beach Cafe is here. It's very close to you.

Apple is very cautious about limiting Siri's scope of workAt least in this example, Siri has no permission to write data to the address book. There are many restrictions. This is correct. Limiting the scope of work can reduce the possibility of mistakes to some extent, and also improve the actual effect. Apple has always been better at this.

Me: Add Steve Urkel to the address book.

Siri: Sorry, Brian X. -I cannot create a contact.

The same is true here,Siri may not have permission to Control System ParametersHowever, this example is not convincing, because the entire requirement is too vague. If it is "mute", can Siri execute it?

Me: reduce the screen brightness.

Siri: Sorry, I cannot understand how to reduce the screen brightness ".

In the following example, Siri is not able to successfully add other geographic locations except home and office spaces, which is quite confusing. I personally guess that Apple does not have enough POI data, or because of caution, it gave up this very error-prone location. (Changes in interest points are not updated in a timely manner, and mispositioning is caused by ambiguous location descriptions ). In other words, Apple is dedicated to creating a good user experience through the cutting feature.

Me: when I arrive at the Safeway supermarket, I will be reminded to buy toothpaste.

Siri: When should I remind you?

We can see from the brief evaluation of the link.Advantages of Siri: excellent in searching for information, good semantic analysis, ability to interact to a certain extent, and integration with system applications;

However, once the requirements are accurate or blurred, Siri will be overwhelmed. In fact, this is also caused by the current algorithm,It cannot be understood directly, but it lacks precise commands, lacks system-level control capabilities, and has limited permissions.

Of course, it is difficult for me to accurately determine the application scope of Siri in such conversations. However, I can always see some context. At least according to the current usage of Siri,Looking at the degree of system integration, the recognition capability is already ahead of other competitors.This is also a feature of iOS 5. Its services, such as iCloud, have excellent integration with the system, and Android and WP7 are far behind.

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