This reminds me of the difference between Siri and Google Assistant when voice assistants first came out.
Google was always no-nonsense, no jokes, just giving you want you're trying to get. It doesn't pretend to be a person, it acts like what it is: a tool. It's a voice interface for looking up information and accomplishing tasks.
Siri, on the other hand, was a "person" that would try to respond like it was a person. Compliment Siri and you'd get a response saying "Thank you" or some such thing. It provided some entertainment when you'd ask Siri weird personal stuff and see how she'd respond.
Some people may like Siri, but I always found it tacky. It was trying too hard to be cute instead of useful. I appreciate the no-nonsense Google approach instead of Siri.
Perhaps the balance in these attributes have changed since they first rolled out, but the difference was very stark at first.
Google was always no-nonsense, no jokes, just giving you want you're trying to get. It doesn't pretend to be a person, it acts like what it is: a tool. It's a voice interface for looking up information and accomplishing tasks.
Siri, on the other hand, was a "person" that would try to respond like it was a person. Compliment Siri and you'd get a response saying "Thank you" or some such thing. It provided some entertainment when you'd ask Siri weird personal stuff and see how she'd respond.
Some people may like Siri, but I always found it tacky. It was trying too hard to be cute instead of useful. I appreciate the no-nonsense Google approach instead of Siri.
Perhaps the balance in these attributes have changed since they first rolled out, but the difference was very stark at first.