Siri, Why Are You So Underwhelming?

1) The anthromorphization of Siri as "she" really bugs me. It's software. It's not your assistant, your chat buddy, or your pet. It's an amped-up ALICE. This anthromorphization ascribes attributes that don't exist in the software like sentience and actual intelligence. It contributes to point 2, wherein:

2) If you're underwhelmed that Siri isn't perfect, it's because you were sold perfect - Apple has some of the best marketers on the planet, and they sold you a science fiction dream and then you were disappointed when you didn't get it. The long and short of it is that Siri isn't a learning, adaptive AI - it's a voice control system with a short-term history and some clever responses baked in. It's a very good voice control system, and the developers have done a great job of giving the appearance of a personality, but it's basically an evolved Speak-N-Say.

If you stop expecting Siri to be a Star Trek shipboard AI that can understand the intent in your every query and return information to you instantly in perfectly-inflected English, you'll be a lot happier (though probably a bit less impressed) with it.