The New Siri’s Biggest Strength Is Not Intelligence
Nielsen Norman Group's article explores the importance of personal context and AI capability in creating a useful AI personal assistant, using Apple's new Siri AI as a case study. The piece highlights how access to relevant personal information and the AI's ability to use that information together create a more effective user experience, and discusses the UX challenges that arise when context is lost between apps and the need for users to understand the AI's limitations.
Original reporting · nngroup.com
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Key points from Nielsen Norman Group’s report
- A useful AI assistant requires both access to relevant personal context and the capability to use that context to provide useful results, as demonstrated by Apple's new Siri AI and ChatGPT in the article.
- Personal context grounds the assistant's answers in the user's own information, reducing user effort and enabling the AI to answer questions about existing information without requiring users to manually gather and paste data.
- The AI agent must show users which sources were searched and explain any gaps in information, providing transparency and allowing users to grant access to additional sources or supply missing information when needed
From the source
A useful AI assistant needs relevant personal context, the capability to use it, and an experience that helps users understand its limits.