Human-Computer-Human Interaction ⇥

Adam Lisagor:

From Siri’s acceptance or rejection of our commands or requests, comes a feedback loop that trains us to constrain our thoughts to the crucial data.

Siri has certain expectations of what it needs to know, and as users, we know what we need to tell it. It’s more natural than voice control, but it isn’t natural at all.

Siri will teach us how to talk to Siri but maybe more importantly, how to talk to each other.

Lisagor points out that there’s an increased efficiency of words when talking to Siri. One must coalesce their thoughts before commanding Siri, but this is not the case when talking to a friend, where one can ramble.

This may have a potential benefit, in that common speech will become more efficient and more considered. But it could also lose that inherently imperfect touch that makes something human.