Apple software engineering chief Craig Federighi and marketing chief Greg Joswiak sat down for an interview with Mostly Human after during WWDC, discussing the iOS 27 Siri changes, Apple's take on AI, new child safety protections, and more. Apple set out to deliver an AI utility, not an AI companion. When asked whether users could create an AI boyfriend or girlfriend with the new Siri, Federighi said absolutely not.
  • kobra@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Not directly related to the girlfriend aspect but his quote about sycophancy with AI is good to hear:

    Quite the opposite, because as you may know, if you use many of the existing chatbots, they’re really focused on engagement to a large degree. And sycophancy, right? They kind of want to pull you in. They might encourage you to reveal things about yourself, and then use that as a basis to establish a connection. We view it quite the opposite. I mean, the way that we have designed Siri, Siri really wants to say ‘Listen, that’s not what I’m here for, right? I’m here to help you. I can help you get things done. I can help you learn about the world.’ But if you try to engage Siri as a romantic partner, Siri’s not up for that. Siri’s 100 percent not into that.

    • ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      So much of our energy is now spent fighting engagement bait, the constant assault is exhausting (apologies for baiting an interaction)

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I worry users might say Siri is rude compared to other chat bots and they‘ll tweak it to be more manipulative.

    • AnAmericanPotato@programming.devEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Listen, that’s not what I’m here for, right? I’m here to help you. I can help you get things done. I can help you learn about the world.

      Okay but what if that’s my fetish?