[HN Gopher] Build your own Siri locally and on-device
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       Build your own Siri locally and on-device
        
       Author : andreeamiclaus
       Score  : 67 points
       Date   : 2025-05-12 19:32 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (thehyperplane.substack.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (thehyperplane.substack.com)
        
       | caust1c wrote:
       | So build your own crappy agent-assistant?
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       | In earnest though, I'm certain we'll see a community replacement
       | of Siri by end-of-year if the iPhone permissions model allows it
       | or there's some workaround. IDK what the limitations are here but
       | I'm eagerly awaiting the community to step in where Siri has
       | failed.
        
         | Ancapistani wrote:
         | The assistant is only half the story here. This looks like a
         | great, well-defined tutorial project to learn how to put this
         | stuff together locally.
        
         | andrewmcwatters wrote:
         | Crappy? Dude, Siri at one point couldn't even tell you what
         | today's date was. The bar is on the ground.
        
           | 4ndrewl wrote:
           | Think Different
        
           | 0cf8612b2e1e wrote:
           | I do not know if it is because I have been trained to make
           | simple requests, but there are only a half dozen things I
           | would verbally ask a robot.
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           | - time of day
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           | - calendar date
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           | - weather
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           | - set a timer
           | 
           | - simple math calculation
           | 
           | That's 90% of the functionality right there.
        
         | dang wrote:
         | > So build your own crappy agent-assistant?
         | 
         | " _Please don 't post shallow dismissals, especially of other
         | people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something._"
         | - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
         | 
         | (Your comment would be fine without that first bit.)
        
       | thedeep_mind wrote:
       | This is great, thanks for putting this together.
       | 
       | Haven't followed it through yet, but does this model run
       | successfully on an iPhone?
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       | My 9 year old ran a Qwen 0.6B model using ollama quite well,
       | anything else was too slow to offer a good UX.
        
       | mrcwinn wrote:
       | Cool project and nice write-up!
        
       | mystified5016 wrote:
       | Does Apple even allow you to replace Siri with another assistant?
       | For the longest time on android, all non-Google assistants were
       | crippled by not being able to listen in the background or use the
       | assistant hardkey, gestures, or shortcuts. I'm not sure if the
       | Google assistant still has privileges others don't, but I
       | wouldn't be surprised in the least.
        
         | jedisct1 wrote:
         | More or less. This is what Perplexity does.
        
       | catapart wrote:
       | Man, I'd really love it if this were just a product/app I could
       | download and use a UI to configure/teach.
       | 
       | But this guide gives me what I need to make that, I think, so a
       | big thank you for this!
        
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