"Siri, what the heck?" David Sedaris on talking to one's devices

“Siri, what the heck?” David Sedaris on talking to one’s devices

I was in a restaurant when the fellow at the next table picked up his phone. “Siri!” he commanded. “Call Paul Bower!”

Oh, right, I thought. That can be done. By other people, I mean.

The first thing I do when getting a new phone or iPad is to disconnect Siri, in part because she’s so maddeningly obsequious, but mainly because she feels like cheating, a short cut to what’s already a pretty extraordinary short cut. If I want to know how many vodka tonics it might take to kill someone my older sister’s height and weight, the least I can do is type the questions into Google.

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Source: cbsnews.com