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Clara vs Siri
March 20, 2025 | Author: Adam Levine
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Talk to Siri as you would to a friend and it can help you get things done — like sending messages, placing calls, or making dinner reservations. You can ask Siri to show you the Orion constellation or to flip a coin. Siri works hands-free, so you can ask it to show you the best route home and what your ETA is while driving. And it’s connected to the world, working with Wikipedia, Yelp, Rotten Tomatoes, Shazam, and other online services to get you even more answers. The more you use Siri, the more you’ll realize how great it is. And just how much it can do for you.
Clara and Siri, while both designed to help you navigate the great and terrifying cosmos of modern life, share a few notable traits. They can both be summoned at a moment’s notice to answer questions, offer advice or help with tasks that would normally require you to engage with the world around you. In fact, they are both eerily good at understanding your voice, even when you're half asleep or muttering something that sounds suspiciously like the incoherent ramblings of a panicked space traveler. They’re both available on your mobile device, so you don’t even have to leave the safety of your couch to get help.
Clara, however, isn’t so much interested in whether you’ve remembered to bring your towel or if you know the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. No, Clara is more concerned with the intricacies of managing your calendar, responding to emails and generally making sure your professional life doesn’t devolve into a catastrophic mess. Launched in 2013, it was designed with business professionals in mind and employs both AI and humans (because, let’s face it, AI can only go so far before it’s time to call in a real person) to keep things running smoothly.
Siri, on the other hand, is a bit more of an all-purpose guide, much like the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy itself—always ready to remind you of your appointments, tell you the weather or give you directions to the nearest restaurant, all without a second thought. Debuting in 2011, it’s exclusively available on Apple devices, so if you’re an Apple user, you’re in luck. Siri doesn’t need a human assistant to make it work, relying solely on its AI mind to process your requests, though it often feels like it’s just as confused as you are by the randomness of the universe.
See also: Top 10 AI Assistants
Clara, however, isn’t so much interested in whether you’ve remembered to bring your towel or if you know the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. No, Clara is more concerned with the intricacies of managing your calendar, responding to emails and generally making sure your professional life doesn’t devolve into a catastrophic mess. Launched in 2013, it was designed with business professionals in mind and employs both AI and humans (because, let’s face it, AI can only go so far before it’s time to call in a real person) to keep things running smoothly.
Siri, on the other hand, is a bit more of an all-purpose guide, much like the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy itself—always ready to remind you of your appointments, tell you the weather or give you directions to the nearest restaurant, all without a second thought. Debuting in 2011, it’s exclusively available on Apple devices, so if you’re an Apple user, you’re in luck. Siri doesn’t need a human assistant to make it work, relying solely on its AI mind to process your requests, though it often feels like it’s just as confused as you are by the randomness of the universe.
See also: Top 10 AI Assistants
