It's not just you: Siri is getting smarter

It wasn't done in a day or a week or over a few months. Almost since the day Apple introduced its voice assistant on October 4, 2011, Siri has undergone an almost continual series of brain transplants that shifted its silicon-powered mind from pure Artificial Intelligence to AI powered, in part, by machine learning. SEE ALSO: Here's how to use apps with Siri in iOS 10 Apple recently shared with me its perspectives on artificial intelligence, where it fits in the Apple ecosystem, which is, apparently, everywhere, and how it can be grown while respective users' privacy. In particular, though, they focused on how the introduction of machine learning transformed its now five-year-old digital assistant. Machine learning is considered a toolset within AI.