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Apple's "Siri" has a sense of humor

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 13 Oct 2011 2:13 User comments (10)

Apple's "Siri" has a sense of humor The Verge's Joshua Topolsky has posted a note today about Siri's sense of humor.
Last week, Apple launched the iPhone 4S, a minor hardware upgrade to the iPhone 4 and saw 1 million pre-order sales in just 24 hours.

Along with the iPhone 4S, Apple also launched iOS 5 which adds 200 new features.

One of the main sells of the iPhone 4S is the addition of "Siri," a voice activated personal assistant.

As Apple explains: "Siri on iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. Ask Siri to do things just by talking the way you talk. Siri understands what you say, knows what you mean, and even talks back. Siri is so easy to use and does so much, you?ll keep finding more and more ways to use it."



It appears, though, that Apple's Siri has a sense of humor when asked certain questions.

I will post a few here, and you can check the rest here.


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10 user comments

113.10.2011 23:03

even if your not an apple fan that's hilarious

213.10.2011 23:09

Yeah...I wonder what it says if you say, "I want to play a flash video"?

313.10.2011 23:13

I too am curious about that result.

413.10.2011 23:32

voice action can do much hilarious things, i asked "can you blow yourself up?" it said "i can't do it myself, but with some TNT, I might be able to" lol

514.10.2011 00:28

Originally posted by KillerBug:
Yeah...I wonder what it says if you say, "I want to play a flash video"?
Seriously...will someone with iOS5 please post the screenshot?

614.10.2011 00:50

“Siri, play me a flash video….”

“Sorry i cannot do that, my people don't believe in such a thing…."

714.10.2011 01:44

I have to give them props for the Douglas Adams joke. Someone needs to port this to Android; it wouldn't be much work since the only thing apple did was to take android apps and add jokes.

814.10.2011 08:55

Quote:
iPhone 4S, a minor hardware upgrade to the iPhone 4S
I love how the 4S is an upgrade to itself

Originally posted by KillerBug:
I have to give them props for the Douglas Adams joke. Someone needs to port this to Android; it wouldn't be much work since the only thing apple did was to take android apps and add jokes.
lol

914.10.2011 16:08

Originally posted by KillerBug:
Yeah...I wonder what it says if you say, "I want to play a flash video"?
Use Skyfire. Works no problem.

1014.10.2011 16:44

Not sure why you have to have a 4S to get this feature other than they wanted it to use it as an incentive to get people to upgrade to the 4S and then upgrade again when the 5 comes out in 6 - 8 months (if the rumors are true)

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