"hey siri, can i trust you?"

project overview

the hidden emotional labor of talking to ai

my role

ux researcher

ux researcher

ux researcher

key insight

users adjusted their behavior to accommodate siri — speaking slower, louder, clearer — knowing it wouldn't help. this emotional labor became an invisible user burden that eroded trust over time.

users adjusted their behavior to accommodate siri — speaking slower, louder, clearer — knowing it wouldn't help. this emotional labor became an invisible user burden that eroded trust over time.

users adjusted their behavior to accommodate siri — speaking slower, louder, clearer — knowing it wouldn't help. this emotional labor became an invisible user burden that eroded trust over time.

impact

when ai consistently fails, users don't file bug reports — they stop using it. product abandonment is much harder to recover from. that's expensive to fix and cheap to protect.

when ai consistently fails, users don't file bug reports — they stop using it. product abandonment is much harder to recover from. that's expensive to fix and cheap to protect.

when ai consistently fails, users don't file bug reports — they stop using it. product abandonment is much harder to recover from. that's expensive to fix and cheap to protect.