Which one do you prefer?

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Google Assistant

Cortana

Siri

Alexa

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Keraunos · 36-40, M

It's still a bit hard for me to wrap my head around why anyone considers these all that useful. I basically just place them in the same category as things like MS Office and Adobe Acrobat that people just use because they're there and they don't know any better.

Gianni · 31-35, M

@Keraunos If people use them, I have no problem with it. The Google Assistant has actually come in handy with helping me organize all of my wife's medical files and appointments. It's a lot more than just asking it questions.

Keraunos · 36-40, M

Well, yes, and MS Office can allow you to create word processing documents, and Adobe Acrobat will allow you to read PDFs, and DropBox will allow you to share your files with others online. Are there nonetheless far more efficient ways to do all of these? Also yes. I submit only that I am skeptical that these sorts of programs can accomplish anything that might not have been done better by something else, not that they are totally impotent if you decide to utilize them anyway.

Gianni · 31-35, M

When I'm using a PC, I don't use an assistant. It seems pointless. It works good for me on my phone, but that's it.

Keraunos · 36-40, M

Eh, that's probably fair. Even today, phones have such a crude and inefficient UI that I only use them for a very small range of simple tasks (rather how people who have gone [i]completely[/i] over to phones were using PCs back in the '90s and '00s, come to think of it), so I'm seldom considering operating within those limitations when I think about things like that.

Gianni · 31-35, M

@Keraunos I understand that. If I had a decent PC, I'd use it more often.