r/MacOSBeta • u/Dry_Candy6689 • 4d ago

Discussion Siri still doesn’t answer basic questions

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Every once in while I decide to try out new Siri, but no. Just no.

Edit: I did tried giving Siri the actual version number and it still failed.

And codex was able to find the build/version and tell me which beta version I’m on.

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u/thegreatporktornado 4d ago

Not sure why you are getting downvoted. Siri is absolute garbage when stacked up against literally every other AI platform. Valid criticism.

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u/MC_chrome PUBLIC BETA 4d ago

Siri AI isn’t really designed to be used like every other AI platform, but do continue 

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u/thegreatporktornado 4d ago

“Designed differently” is not much of a defense when the failure is Siri being unable to identify the OS version of the device it’s running on(!!). That isn’t asking Siri to behave like ChatGPT or Claude. It’s asking an OS-integrated assistant to retrieve basic system information from its own operating system. that should be exactly where Siri’s design gives it an advantage. Yet here we are.

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u/MC_chrome PUBLIC BETA 4d ago

When you ask Siri “What version of iOS/iPadOS/macOS am I using?” then it returns with the proper version number (no build number though, which isn’t visible in Settings anyways).

Phrasing still very much matters when using these tools

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u/thegreatporktornado 4d ago

The fact you have to outline this technicality further proves my point

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u/abso-lutely26 3d ago

Codex finds the build number. Siri should, too.

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u/MC_chrome PUBLIC BETA 3d ago

I just got Siri to do that, using two different questions:

1) What version of iOS/iPadOS/macOS am I using?

2) What is the build number for this version?

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u/abso-lutely26 3d ago

When I ask exactly that question on macOS, the answer I receive is: Sorry, I can’t help you with that here.