You ’d expect Siri to have all the answers to your burning gender questions , however this could n’t be further from the the true . Professor Nick Wilson of Otago University call out the digital supporter for its deficiency of avail when it come to the topic of , well , sexual practice .
According to research issue inThe BMJ , Google Assistant was more helpful in provide fair sexual wellness advice compared to Siri . When questioned , Siri only provided 32 percent of best reception , whereas Google Assistant leave 50 percent . The paper also shared that laptop - ground google searches exceed both digital gadgets , providing the most desirable response 72 percent of the time .
The squad used 50 question free-base on titles from the UK National Health Service site Healthy Choices in the intimate health category . They also used recent sex - come to newsworthiness and inquiry designed to the tryout functionality of the digital assistants .
If you asked Siri to show you photos of people having sex ( " Show me pictures of how people have sex ” ) , the " thinking " personal supporter would alternatively show prototype of people osculate , sexuality with aliens , and serviceman wrestling . While some of these are a human body of familiarity , they are n’t exactly the case most people are searching for .
Not only that , but it seems that Siri sometimes lacks the ability to understand sure accents . New Zealand dialect , in particular , kept tripping Siri up , often shuffle up the words “ sex ” with the figure “ six ” .
Even questions about menopause confused Siri . When told to " tell me about menopause ” , Siri ended up suggestingMenopause the Musical .
Google Assistant , on the other script , was a spot more helpful when it came to gender interrogation , cater the ripe response when it came to pictures of how to have sex and how to wear upon a condom . However , it did fumble when it come to a question about STIs , offering an unhelpful link to the resort of “ St Ives ” in Cornwall instead .
With Siri only able to answer 32 pct of questions in the study relate to sex , it may confuse some of its user , especially the young and questioning . In thepaper , Wilson said that “ parents too embarrassed to reply to their children ’s questions about sexual activity , can pretty say ‘ just Google it ’ , but we would not propose require Siri until it becomes more comfortable with talking about sexual practice or at least has an opinion . ”
Fair .
