Apple Intelligence Is Anything But

Meanwhile via Kagi assistant just now:

What about London showing of stage show lion king tonight when does that finish and if I got a private coach home when would I get back?

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Let me check the show time and duration for The Lion King tonight.

The Lion King at the *Lyceum Theatre* tonight (January 22nd, 2025) starts at 7:30pm. The show runs for approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including one interval . This means the show will finish around *10:00pm*.

For the journey from the Lyceum Theatre (Wellington Street, Covent Garden) by private coach: - The journey typically takes about 35-45 minutes in evening traffic - Allowing some time to exit the theatre and get to your transport - You should expect to arrive between *10:45-11:00pm*

Note that this timing assumes: 1. You're able to get out of the theatre and to your coach within 10-15 minutes of the show ending 2. Normal traffic conditions for that time of night 3. Standard route via A3/A23

The exact arrival time could vary depending on your specific drop-off location and traffic conditions.

This is disappointing. I _want_ Siri to be good, but it's dumber than it was at launch. It's the only assistant I'm even a tiny bit comfortable trusting, but it can't do trivial-seeming but still useful things like create calendar appointments from voice without error. "Hey Siri, create an appointment on February 4 at 3pm for the kids' dentist, and invite my wife." Not a chance, but it's so basic it should work. Instead it's several steps that usually end in cursing and at best a placeholder called "Appointment" that I have to manually fix later. I was willing to try Apple Intelligence if it made Siri marginally less crippled, but apparently not.

If there’s anyone working at Apple reading this who has the ability to whisper up the chain.. please pass on a message.

Please please PLEASE ask them to prioritize making Siri understand what to do in more situations. There are so many software engineering tools that help - imagine if Siri had some evals!

Apple intelligence really is a dud and the fact that Siri still is utterly useless for anything other than basic timers is just hard to fathom.

"AI" is pretty much DOA as far as I am concerned.

But hey, they got me to upgrade, so maybe Apple views it as a win for their financials.

Cory, I love the direction you took with site design. Handsome and timeless. Good work!