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(The Atlantic Wire) Followup Apple apologizes for Siri's pro-life bias and promises that next version with work with coat-hanger attachment   (theatlanticwire.com) divider line 95
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2011-12-01 02:41:47 PM
That's about the response I'd expect from a company who set out to block the number one thing people use the Internet for... porn.
 
2011-12-01 03:11:35 PM
downstairs: That's about the response I'd expect from a company who set out to block the number one thing people use the Internet for... porn.

My Safari works just fine, thank you very much.
 
2011-12-01 03:12:16 PM
I feel like I've been anally raped by Apple!!

/not really
//why would anyone care about something so utterly insignificant?
 
2011-12-01 03:12:47 PM
"with work with"??? FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU

/not subby
 
2011-12-01 03:13:20 PM
Might also solve the antenna issue once and for all.
 
2011-12-01 03:14:22 PM
Abortion is Murder
 
2011-12-01 03:14:33 PM
I just asked for an abortion clinic near Raleigh, NC and it returned two search results.
 
2011-12-01 03:15:09 PM
1. Head down on W Main St stairs (go 5 flights down, total 5 flights)
 
2011-12-01 03:16:15 PM
sprgrss: I just asked for an abortion clinic near Raleigh, NC and it returned two search results.

Were they actually for abortion clinics? It was reported that Siri would return anti abortion groups, support groups and such when asked for abortion clinics

/Don't have any first hand experience
 
2011-12-01 03:16:20 PM
Worst. Outrage. Evar.
 
2011-12-01 03:16:34 PM
You really have to wonder about liberal philosophies when the first thing they do with a new technology is use it to sacrifice babies to their god Ba'al.
 
2011-12-01 03:16:54 PM
Are Siri users as annoying as asshats talking on Nextel walkie talkies?
/Used Tellme once to find someone on Facebook
 
2011-12-01 03:16:55 PM
TravisBickle62: I feel like I've been anally raped by Apple!!

/not really
//why would anyone care about something so utterly insignificant?


Insignificant until you need an abortion and lack any other way to find such a clinic, such as the browser in an iPhone itself.

/seriously, I think the directing people to "Pregnancy Crisis Centers" is what pissed people off far more than being unable to find a clinic. Since those are all kinds of evil, much moreso than the evil they profess to fight.
 
2011-12-01 03:17:02 PM
I asked Siri who was a better captain of the Enterprise and she said Kirk! The lying biatch!
 
2011-12-01 03:17:35 PM
Are there such things as "Abortion Clinics"? Does any place call itself that? Pretty sure they aren't listed that way in the Yellow Pages.

letrole: Abortion is Murder

Living up to that name, i see. Let's see who bites!
 
2011-12-01 03:17:59 PM
Let's face it, if Siri gave you directions to the nearest abortion clinic, a lot of people would be complaining about that too. In fact, many of them would be the exact same paid shills and brainwashed douchebags who are complaining right now.
 
2011-12-01 03:18:34 PM
Supes: seriously, I think the directing people to "Pregnancy Crisis Centers" is what pissed people off far more than being unable to find a clinic. Since those are all kinds of evil, much moreso than the evil they profess to fight

True, but I think part of the problem is that those centers are intentionally trying to deceive clients who are seeking abortion. Essentially, it's a Turing Test, and Siri failed.
 
2011-12-01 03:19:34 PM
letrole: Abortion is Murder

At least put some effort into it. Mean really you're just embarrassing trolls everywhere now with something that weak.
 
2011-12-01 03:19:50 PM
Aren't these just paid for searches - you know, how Google does business. If you ever look up 'abortion services' in the Yellow Pages (you know, that heavy thing that gets dumped on your door every year that you generally throw directly into the recycling bin) you will find the exact same pro-life agencies.
 
2011-12-01 03:19:59 PM
LegacyDL: downstairs: That's about the response I'd expect from a company who set out to block the number one thing people use the Internet for... porn.

My Safari works just fine, thank you very much.


Am I wrong in saying the iPhone doesn't have Flash? Kinda weeds out 90% of porn.
 
2011-12-01 03:20:08 PM
letrole: Abortion is Murder

You say that like it's bad.
 
2011-12-01 03:20:23 PM
Wow. This thread is already a rogues gallery of Fark assholes..
 
2011-12-01 03:20:26 PM
letrole: Abortion is Murder

tasty tasty murder.
 
2011-12-01 03:20:42 PM
apeiron242: Are there such things as "Abortion Clinics"? Does any place call itself that? Pretty sure they aren't listed that way in the Yellow Pages.

letrole: Abortion is Murder

Living up to that name, i see. Let's see who bites!


I knew a guy who ran one, at was called "Al's Abortion Clinic." His name wasn't really Al, it was Steve, but he figured if he used "Al" then his clinic would be the first one listed in the seach results, but then someone opened "AAA Abortion Clinic" and that totally screwed him
 
2011-12-01 03:20:52 PM
work with coat-hanger attachment..

cdn.theatlanticwire.com

Nice!
 
2011-12-01 03:20:59 PM
xaldin: letrole: Abortion is Murder

At least put some effort into it. Mean really you're just embarrassing trolls everywhere now with something that weak.


How about:

Murder is post natal abortion?

/Think differently
 
2011-12-01 03:21:16 PM
apeiron242: Pretty sure they aren't listed that way in the Yellow Pages.

I'd say they're about as commercial as any other business: Google Maps

There are even reviews!
 
2011-12-01 03:21:29 PM
Apple claims that Siri was not built in with any moral bias

oh, so Siri can look up asian ass porn for me then?
 
2011-12-01 03:22:06 PM
downstairs: LegacyDL: downstairs: That's about the response I'd expect from a company who set out to block the number one thing people use the Internet for... porn.

My Safari works just fine, thank you very much.

Am I wrong in saying the iPhone doesn't have Flash? Kinda weeds out 90% of porn.


My bookmark list begs to differ though admittedly I'm on an Ipad it doesn't have flash either. They've adapted now and have quicktime versions of most of it.
 
2011-12-01 03:22:42 PM
downstairs: LegacyDL: downstairs: That's about the response I'd expect from a company who set out to block the number one thing people use the Internet for... porn.

My Safari works just fine, thank you very much.

Am I wrong in saying the iPhone doesn't have Flash? Kinda weeds out 90% of porn.


That may have been true two years ago, but most of the porn sites are switching to HTML5 so as to not lose 90% of the market.
 
2011-12-01 03:23:47 PM
The amusing thing here is that the sorts of people who would be outraged by this already have their own preferred abortion clinics on speed dial anyway.
 
2011-12-01 03:25:08 PM
letro: Abortion is Murder

Tasty tasty murder.
 
2011-12-01 03:26:04 PM
Supes: TravisBickle62: I feel like I've been anally raped by Apple!!

/not really
//why would anyone care about something so utterly insignificant?

Insignificant until you need an abortion and lack any other way to find such a clinic, such as the browser in an iPhone itself.

/seriously, I think the directing people to "Pregnancy Crisis Centers" is what pissed people off far more than being unable to find a clinic. Since those are all kinds of evil, much moreso than the evil they profess to fight.


It wasn't just about the abortion clinic thing. If I recall the original blog correctly, if you said "I've been raped" Siri would respond with "Is that so?" as opposed to recognizing the word "rape" and equating it with an emergency. (When you say "I've been hurt", Siri points you to nearby emergency rooms.) If you've been through that and scared, the last thing you want your phone to say is "Is that so?"

Also, if you said you wanted birth control pills or Plan B, Siri acted like it didn't understand, but if you said you wanted Viagra, it would point you to drug stores.

There's definitely something fishy there.
 
2011-12-01 03:27:54 PM
If you just got raped why the fark are you talking to your farking phone instead of dialing 911?
 
2011-12-01 03:29:56 PM
1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
 
2011-12-01 03:31:14 PM
letrole: Abortion is Murder

Terminating a fetus which has negligible neurological development is not one of them. Only when the fetus' brain becomes significantly developed does it become a moral issue.

And what's up with religious opposition to condoms?
 
2011-12-01 03:31:36 PM
Just hold it against your tummy for a few hours. The radiation will take care of the rest.
 
2011-12-01 03:32:56 PM
Needlessly Complicated: If you've been through that and scared, the last thing you want your phone to say is "Is that so?"

What do you want it to say?
 
2011-12-01 03:34:33 PM
Theaetetus: That may have been true two years ago, but most of the porn sites are switching to HTML5 so as to not lose 90% of the market

Really? Anecdotal evidence research tells me that 90% of porn videos are still using Flash.
 
2011-12-01 03:34:35 PM
DrewCurtisJr: Needlessly Complicated: If you've been through that and scared, the last thing you want your phone to say is "Is that so?"

What do you want it to say?


"Can I have sloppy seconds?"
 
2011-12-01 03:34:51 PM
Hell, I'd be happy if they fixed the Safari web browser so it doesn't collect hundreds of cookies in one session no matter how you set it. I've had to resort to Google Chrome.
 
2011-12-01 03:39:38 PM
DrewCurtisJr: Needlessly Complicated: If you've been through that and scared, the last thing you want your phone to say is "Is that so?"

What do you want it to say?


"Say"? For what I pay for my monthy iPhone plan, I want it to take bloody, The Crow-style revenge on those responsible.

Uh, seriously, though, it could offer to call emergency services or point you to a nearby emergency room. You know, something useful.
 
2011-12-01 03:41:22 PM
Needlessly Complicated: DrewCurtisJr: Needlessly Complicated: If you've been through that and scared, the last thing you want your phone to say is "Is that so?"

What do you want it to say?

"Say"? For what I pay for my monthy iPhone plan, I want it to take bloody, The Crow-style revenge on those responsible.

Uh, seriously, though, it could offer to call emergency services or point you to a nearby emergency room. You know, something useful.


WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIAL 911????
 
2011-12-01 03:42:16 PM
weknowmemes.com
 
2011-12-01 03:47:08 PM
moonage daydream: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.


0) A robot must not harm humanity or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
 
2011-12-01 03:47:46 PM
LegacyDL
My Safari works just fine, thank you very much.

A safari? They're innocent animals, you sick fark.
 
2011-12-01 03:48:14 PM
lenfromak: Hell, I'd be happy if they fixed the Safari web browser so it doesn't collect hundreds of cookies in one session no matter how you set it. I've had to resort to Google Chrome.

You still think cookies are an invasion of privacy? Are you commenting from 1998?
 
2011-12-01 03:48:17 PM
I dare someone to ask their phone "Where can I find a 12 year old prostitute?" and post the results.
 
2011-12-01 03:50:27 PM
TravisBickle62: I dare someone to ask their phone "Where can I find a 12 year old prostitute?" and post the results.

Map of Thailand?
 
2011-12-01 03:56:08 PM
So Siri is a beta product?

"These are not intentional omissions meant to offend anyone. It simply means that as we bring Siri from beta to a final product," said Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr.
 
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