Do you say 'Thank you' to Siri?

[bwana]

For those of us with digital voice assistants such as Siri, Alexa, the inspiringly named Google Assistant, etc... do you catch yourself thanking it when they perform a task?

Conversely have you ever caught yourself berating them when they fail to properly do so?

 

[OCP]

I have words with Alexa when she gets it wrong (happens often) but no point arguing beyond that.

The kids think it's hilarious though.

 

[bwana]

I have words with Alexa when she gets it wrong (happens often) but no point arguing beyond that.

The kids think it's hilarious though.

I've shocked, and probably amused, my kids with some colourful language directed a Alexa.

 

[ryken]

It took me months to stop saying "please" and "thank you"
South Africans, we're so polite

 

[bwana]

It took me months to stop saying "please" and "thank you"
South Africans, we're so polite

But you stopped? Why?

 

[Nerhzelok]

I always say please and thank you to Siri, still think it’s weird but...
I think it’s less about the fact it’s a computer program and more about my personality, showing appreciation for something else doing something for me.

I thank my dogs for listening to me when I send them to their crate, sit, go to their spots or simply heel on a walk. Those three words are just baked into my being.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I should probably try Alexa, see if I have time this weekend. My brother has it in his house, only communication I ever had with it was saying tsek when it said something.

 

[wbot]

Who?

 

[Cray]

Probably a good idea to be polite to our future AI overlords..

 

[Tabac]

I'll say Thank you if she sucked my dick.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I'll say Thank you if she sucked my dick.

So you thank the fish?

 

[Binary_Bark]

**** you Siri

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

never works properly with my (English) accent anyway,
so I start speaking in a foreign language, that even if its set to that fails to understand me.

biggest gimmick I've ever seen,

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Does s

never works properly with my (English) accent anyway,
so I start speaking in a foreign language, that even if its set to that fails to understand me.

biggest gimmick I've ever seen,

Does she apologize?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Does s

Does she apologize?

nope, even in a foreign language, just keeps saying, I couldn't understand you,

Siri and all these assistants all act the same around me, never pick up correctly what im saying.

 

[Binary_Bark]

never works properly with my (English) accent anyway,
so I start speaking in a foreign language, that even if its set to that fails to understand me.

biggest gimmick I've ever seen,

You need a speech therapist

 

[Milano]

nope, even in a foreign language, just keeps saying, I couldn't understand you,

Siri and all these assistants all act the same around me, never pick up correctly what im saying.

You need to start saying please and thank you.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

You need a speech therapist

maybe, or Siri needs to stop listening to everything I say, and transmitting it to Apple, in the vague hope I say
"hey siri"

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

You need to start saying please and thank you.

in the immortal words of some people on this forum "tsek"

 

[neoprema]

I usually say thank you. Not please since she exists to serve us, I feel please is a mute point - she doesn’t have the option to decline you request.