Thursday, January 5, 2023

Siri Glitch

I like to use Siri a lot to do things for me, especially when I’m driving. Today, I was using her to take a note for me, so I wouldn’t forget it by the time I could pull over and jot it down. When she’s done taking the note, she reads it back to you. Only this time, something went wrong. Siri got about halfway through the note and stopped. She had made a mistake reading the note and realized it. So, she said, “Nope…it says…” and then she started over again and reread the entire note, this time the correct way.

I was so shocked by this, and I wasn’t exactly sure that I’d heard it correctly. But I have been able to recreate it. I started to wonder if Apple coded this “feature” on purpose to make the experience more human and relatable.