Deploying Transformers on the Apple Neural Engine

Re:Deploying Transformers on the Apple Neural Engine by criddell on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @12:34PM (#31669885)

I'm slowly learning to hate my Echo because of how Amazon so often tries to suggest more things I can do ("By the way..."). All I want is for it to tell me the time, weather, do timers, add stuff to my grocery app, and tell me if the Leafs won or lost yesterday.

I bought a HomePod to see if it could do everything I need and oddly enough, the Echo does a better job integrating with my iOS-based grocery list (AnyList). With the Echo, I can say "Alexa, add eggs" and it will either add eggs to AnyList or tell me if eggs are already on my list. With Siri I have to say something like "Hey Siri, using AnyList, add eggs to my grocery list".

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Re:Deploying Transformers on the Apple Neural Engine by secabeen on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:20PM (#31673425)

Curse her out. Say "Alexa, STFU" every time she hits you with a "By the way..." It seems to help; I get BTW messages quite rarely compared to other users.

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Re:Deploying Transformers on the Apple Neural Engine by reaperducer on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @05:02PM (#31674117)

Seems that the solution to your problem could come if Apple gives you the option of choosing a default list app.

I use the built-in Lists app, so I just say, "Hey, Siri, add ginger ale to my groceries list." Hopefully alternate defaults will come, the way iOS is slowly embracing alternate defaults for other functions.

That said, about 50% of the time when I say, "Hey, Siri, add sandwich bread to my groceries list," she responds, "OK, I've added those two things to your list."

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Re:Deploying Transformers on the Apple Neural Engine by gumby on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @07:38PM (#31675883)

> I use the built-in Lists app

Do you mean the reminders app or another one?

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Re:Deploying Transformers on the Apple Neural Engine by reaperducer on Thursday June 09, 2022 @10:39AM (#31681753)

You're right — It's Reminders.

I think in an old version of iPhone OS or OSX it was called "Lists." That must be what I remembered.

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Re:Deploying Transformers on the Apple Neural Engine by gumby on Thursday June 09, 2022 @03:03PM (#31685391)

Because it's called "reminders" it never occurred to me to us it that way. Were it named "lists" I probably would have. Thanks.

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Re:Deploying Transformers on the Apple Neural Engine by nharada on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:38PM (#31673697)

It's so annoying. Even worse is it's started adding "ads" for other Amazon products like shopping, etc.

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Re:Deploying Transformers on the Apple Neural Engine by phs318u on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:28PM (#31676994)

Shocking. /s

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