I definitely agree with you on this. I think somewhere in the middle-ground is perfect, obviously.
I think I should be able to ask your chatbot how their day is going, but I don't think I should be able to shitpost with it for 3 hours.
The reason I bring up Chatbot is because they seemed to at least have the conversational part figured out.
Also, Siri is really not such a part of this conversation because it is honestly the only chatbot that I can think of that accomplishes a portion of what we're talking about here.
Cortana's novelty functions are cute and make good advertising, but they're not really relevant to the quality of the service. In practice, you'll use them a couple of times, chuckle, and then never think about them again.
I think I should be able to ask your chatbot how their day is going, but I don't think I should be able to shitpost with it for 3 hours.
The reason I bring up Chatbot is because they seemed to at least have the conversational part figured out.
Also, Siri is really not such a part of this conversation because it is honestly the only chatbot that I can think of that accomplishes a portion of what we're talking about here.