She may be a disembodied robot , but Siri -- unmasked Friday by CNN -- has a sense of humor . Since the introduction of the iPhone 's personal `` assistant '' on October 4 , 2011 , people have used it as much to provoke witticisms as they have to find out the population of Japan or the location of the nearest Japanese restaurant . In other words , Siri may not always be all that helpful . But she 's been an amusing party trick . Some of the most common inquiries are based on classic science-fiction movie lines -- `` 2001 : A Space Odyssey 's '' `` HAL , open the pod bay doors '' is a favorite -- while others rely on ancient philosophical queries . The Web being what it is , an entire cottage industry has sprung up around Siri 's responses . There 's a Tumblr called `` S**t That Siri Says '' and a collection of Siri posts called sirifunny.com . Siri does n't always understand , of course . Like E.T . or WOPR , she 's sometimes at a loss when the question has nuance . On the other hand , you may not want to dig too deeply . When asked if she 's affiliated with Skynet -- the people-killing , world-dominating network at the heart of the `` Terminator '' movies -- Siri suddenly clams up . `` I ca n't answer that , '' she says . Watch out , world .
iPhone 's Siri will respond to many questions , sometimes with humor . Unusual Siri answers are collected on a number of websites . Comment: