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Dec 4, 2011 / 1:50pm

Groups accuse Siri of being "pro-life," Apple says it's beta side effect

While Siri will humorously show you nearby ravines or abandoned mines when asked "how can I hide a body?" or can find local escort services when looking for "sex," the paucity of responses in the area of pregnancy and birth control have raised concerns that Siri is programmed to be "pro-life."
more on arstechnica.com

This officially marks a moment when an artificial intelligence entered political debate. More to come.

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Oct 15, 2011 / 7:54pm

Siri in Practice

Some quick comments on using Siri in practice—for things other than asking it to open the pod bay doors. Siri’s voice recognition is very impressive, and the scope of what it understands is very good given the difficulty of what it’s doing. But it has a lot of difficulty with certain sorts of names—Irish names, for example, which often are not written as pronounced.
more on kieranhealy.org

Notes from using Siri in real situations. I'm highly impressed by what I've read so far on Siri's technical sophistication, but that may not be enough to achieve the quality that would satisfy users. Siri attempts to emulate a real human assistant and that places the bar for an AI extremely high.

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Oct 13, 2011 / 12:20pm

Siri says some weird things

Look, I’m not going to go into great detail about what I’ve been doing with Siri during my testing period, but I will tell you this — Siri says some crazy stuff.

Hit the gallery below for a look at a number of bizarre items the AI-powered / voice-recognizing “intelligent assistant” lays on you on the new iPhone 4S.

more on thisismynext.com

Bizarre? If these screenshots are not fake, it's impressive.

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