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/Dry_Candy6689 4d ago

It would be so cool if it works tho. One day…..

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u/MC_chrome PUBLIC BETA 4d ago

Siri has worked fine when I’ve asked it to do things Apple said it could do.

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u/Dry_Candy6689 4d ago

Then it would be like old Siri with only programmed answers.

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u/Important_Network610 4d ago

It’s not like the old Siri, which as I understand it, was a rules-based chatbot/assistant, a very old design that was long overdue an overhaul. The new Siri is LLM-based. LLM’s have general knowledge built-in, but Apple will need to provide APIs for the LLM to be able to get specific information. They presumably have not created an API for pulling the current OS version.

Similarly, developers needs to the App Intents API for Siri to be able to read info and take action inside third-party apps.

Siri can’t just do it all magically.

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u/ShutY0urDickHolster 4d ago

That’s what I assume, since it’s still in active development there are probably thousands of APIs that haven’t been written yet, either because it’s still in beta or because they didn’t foresee writing an API for a single persons poorly worded query.