Siri, Google Assistant and/or Cortana: am I the only one not infatuated with these ?

[steve2470]

I dunno, maybe I'm just getting old and cranky but geeze I'd rather look up information myself and remind myself my own way about stuff. Talking to my phone when no one is "on the phone with me" strikes me as, well, a bit odd, no offense to anyone. I know all the kids* are doing it, but I think I'm going to pass. At least for now.

*- people under 30

[byronius]

1. I like both. Siri's fun to wander around with, no getting lost (generally), quick answers to basic

questions. 'Hey Siri, how do I perform CPR?' For instance.

As I get older, I long for AI elder tech to leapfrog. I worked in a nursing home for awhile, and I myself would prefer a talented robot caretaker in my old age.

But books. Paper books. I can't make the leap to Kindle. Bleah. Paper books forever.

[politicat]

10. I made the leap early. Best decision I ever made.

1) my niblings won't have to be shocked by my weird porn. It'll encrypt when I die, since that's a password I'm not giving them. (By weird porn, I mean Chuck Tingle, who writes comedic porn/epic trolling, and a couple of independent writers, but my Mormon or Southern nibs would be shocked by the "Pounded in the Butt..." series.)

2) Moving. Nuff said. I don't plan to do it again in the next 25 years, but the last move was almost 100 bankers' boxes of just books. Well over a ton of them.

3) everything comes in large print format. My grandmother appreciated this greatly when she first got sick and could still read.

I still buy out of print and certain reference materials in print, but entertainment fiction or professional books that will be out of date in 3 years? Ebook all the way.

I agree on the eldercare bots. Even a grouping that could handle basic things like laundry, changing sheets (or a bed with a big roller towel of sheeting and a cleaning mechanism underneath), meal prep, and calling for help would make maintaining independence much easier. This is why I really, really want self-driving cars sooner rather than later.

[TexasProgresive]

2. I talk and listen to people not robots

So I don't use these features.

[hlthe2b]

3. I have never used on Iphone or the one on my win laptop. I can type and search far more quickly...

But then (on a somewhat related issue), one of my biggest pet peeves is the ubiquitous posting of videos everywhere, rather than simple text to tell the story. I can read a few paragraphs and get the gist in the time the damned video is loading.


Sometimes simpler IS better...

[MuseRider]

5. Agreed.

I hate the video formatting of everything. Partly because we have almost the slowest Internet provider in the world besides dial up and a 30 second video can take 30 minutes to load and because I would rather read than listen to something that nobody else in the room is interested in.

[bullimiami]

4. No. I shut them all off immediately.

[Blindingly apparent]

6. I'm legally blind

I rely on Siri, the microphone function of the keyboard, and zoom in for almost everything including visiting DU

[cyclonefence]

7. No

No, you are not. I do not need an extra step to getting what I want from my computer, maybe more than one extra step if the bot or whatever the hell it is (and why are they female?) doesn't understand me the first time.

[MiniMe]

8. These days, the idea of a "spy" in my house is not an acceptable thing

Those things "listen" to everything that is going on in your house, and I don't want anything listening to everything. I sort of feel that way about Facebook, there are a lot of younger people who share everything, and I do mean everything. I am very selective about what I post.

I just bought a new car that has a lot of fancy computer stuff on it. Freaked me out last week when I got an email telling what my tire pressure was on all the tires, the mileage, etc. Not sure I like that. Hope there is a way to turn it off.

[customerserviceguy]

9. I do like being able to say a few words

rather than typing things out on my smartphone. I feel a bit like Captain Kirk when he's inquiring something from the Enterprise's computer.

[Mr.Bill]

11. I don't have a smart phone.

I've never sent a text. I've spoken on a cell phone for a total of probably less than two hours in my entire life.

I'm happy to be retired and not need to do any of these things. I have trained my grandchildren that if I call them I expect them to answer the damn phone and speak to me. Same thing if they call me.

My five year old laptop is the extent of technology for me, and I'm happy with that. My wife does have an ipad but she mainly uses it for reading books. She does use Facebook to share family pictures and otherwise keep in touch with relatives. This website and a few others are the extent of my social media activity.

If you were to Google my name, the only thing that shows up is some of my wife's geneology work. There are no pictures of me on the internet.