This is exactly the sort of software that was hard to prioritise before LLMs, and trivial to build with LLMs.
There's nothing interesting going on here, and I don't mean that as a criticism. There's a clear schema, no particularly clever UX needed, you can build almost all of this out of standard UI components, and the problem is well defined.
The only challenge is the actual time input for coding, and that's mostly gone today.
Apple is a multi-trillion dollar corporation. They spent billions on a doomed car project which never saw the light of day. They release unfinished software on an unsustainable schedule. Their software quality has been declining for over a decade. Their design is lacklustre now and issues go unaddressed indefinitely. They are shoving ads everywhere.
The last thing they need is more things to get distracted with. They don’t need LLMs, they need to care and focus on making good products.
They bought Siri, and 5 years later it was still only serviceable at setting an alarm or timer.
Yet due to their hardware and market presence, they've still probably got the best chance of "winning" personal AI.
Apparently the restaurant reservation thing was supported, although OpenTable might’ve broken it at some point <a href="https://reddit.com/r/Siri/comments/mhc8cx/restaurant_reservations_with_siri" rel="nofollow">https://reddit.com/r/Siri/comments/mhc8cx/restaurant_reserva...
danpalmer · · focus · HN ↗
There's nothing interesting going on here, and I don't mean that as a criticism. There's a clear schema, no particularly clever UX needed, you can build almost all of this out of standard UI components, and the problem is well defined.
The only challenge is the actual time input for coding, and that's mostly gone today.
latexr · · focus · HN ↗
The last thing they need is more things to get distracted with. They don’t need LLMs, they need to care and focus on making good products.
jiscariot · · focus · HN ↗
kingjha · · focus · HN ↗
adjejmxbdjdn · · focus · HN ↗
The biggest indictment, however, is that the Siri they bought was itself more powerful before they bought it.
bm-rf · · focus · HN ↗
Update: "I'd like a romantic place for Italian food near my apartment" just showed places near me instead.
[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjpVAB06O4" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjpVAB06O4
Barbing · · focus · HN ↗
Apparently the restaurant reservation thing was supported, although OpenTable might’ve broken it at some point <a href="https://reddit.com/r/Siri/comments/mhc8cx/restaurant_reservations_with_siri" rel="nofollow">https://reddit.com/r/Siri/comments/mhc8cx/restaurant_reserva...