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Ezekiel :swift:

@erisceleste I mean, isn't one of the most common issues with virtual assistants that they misinterpret a query? For example, consider the following exchange with ChatGPT that Siri (and probably others??) would've completely failed at.

Note that it properly parsed out the request AND corrected my spelling.

— Query — Pretend to be a virtual assistant. You will receive a query for adding things to reminder lists. Consider the available lists: [Groceries, To-do, Packing]. The user may specify a location trigger, time trigger, and will specify the text to add to the list. Please respond with the list they're trying to add to, the time and/or location if specified, and the text to add. Prompt: add at two oclock apples to my groceirries list — Response — Sure, I can help you with that. Based on your request, you would like to add "apples" to your "Groceries" list at 2 o'clock. Is that correct?
10 Jun 2023 at 22:35 | Wall-to-wall | Open on hachyderm.io
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Alex Celeste

@ezekiel

perhaps i speak from too much of a cultural bubble when i say that

groceries:append(apples, 1400)

seems better to me than using english to describe a task that doesn't need to be described in english, in the first place

this can be three button-presses and a swipe of a drop-down

10 Jun 2023 at 22:39 | Open on tech.lgbt
Ezekiel :swift:

@erisceleste I appreciate why you would feel that way, but I hope you understand that the general population just wants to be able to make a request and have it understood, not following a syntax

10 Jun 2023 at 22:40 | Open on hachyderm.io
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