Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive
by colordrops on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @07:33PM
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A friend of mine is constantly asking it questions everytime something comes up. She opens her phone, loads the app, hits the mic button, then listens with the phone to her ear. Would work a lot better as some sort of device.
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Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive
by a_bonobo on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @07:35PM
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'every extension is also an amputation' - Marshal McLuhan
(since Neil Stephenson's recent essay brought that quote up)
Just tell her to buy some earbuds that can trigger the assistant on your phone. Bam, problem solved.
The interface on iPhone still can be improved - latest ones have dedicated action buttons and camera buttons. Once you can plug it to better assistant and do it without phone unlocking then it becomes more seamless.
Make the same with apple watch to make hand gesture covering your ear like listening to something and then you don't even have to pickup phone from the pocket.
I think there is a lot of way how iphone, apple watch, airpods (case as pendant) could deliver the best UX but it doesn't matter as long as siri sux.