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Written by swingerofbirch on 2024-12-22 at 05:03

@gruber There was an ex-Scientologist who was offering a million-dollar prize if any Scientologist could prove they had the abilities promised by Scientologist's "Operating Thetan" level, which has something to do with having cause over all matter, time, and space. And I remember Jason Beghe, another ex-Scientologist, laughing and saying he'd give a million dollars to anyone who could prove they had achieved the most basic level of Scientology, which is Clear—a state in which a person no longer gets sick, etc.

I give that long, rambling anecdote because it reminds me of this ever-more seemingly quixotic and ambitious journey Apple is on.

They are promising the world, but I would settle for what they promised even pre-Siri with Voice Control that came out with the iPhone 3GS.

I am personally not even hitting 50% success rate with calling the right contact in 2024 with Siri. Maybe it's my contacts' names in particular, but the most common problem is that when I call a contact using Siri it tries to call me instead (thinking I'm saying my own name) and then says, there's no work number for (my name), which number would you prefer to call (of the other numbers listed for me)?

I have no idea why this keeps persisting but it has for a year or so. I'm not saying my own name, and I'm not saying work.

So I do not hold Siri to the standard of ChatGPT. I hold it to what was promised in Voice Control that came out with the iPhone 3GS, and it's failing at that. And I'm sure I could call Apple and troubleshoot and maybe there are a million reasons why, but with a better product you don't have to do that. And I honestly dread the thought of calling them and going through the song and dance when we both know it's just problematic. And it's gotten worse over time somehow. I don't recall having all these listening issues with my first iPhone, which was the 5s.

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