Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
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Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
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Re: Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
#2This is interesting because while Apple's (comparative) dedication to privacy is endearing, it's a long-term existential threat.
Google knows all about me and its assistant is, usually, great. Amazon has troves of data on what I buy, and I get to yell at Alexa to order more TP as soon as I see we're on the last roll.
Apple knows much less about me and, while I'm still an Apple fan and am tied to iPhones/Macs thanks to iMessage, Siri stinks as a result.
If voice assistants based on machine learning (specifically, personalized voice assistants) are the next big thing, Apple's privacy ethos will separate it from its major tech competitors – either in a great way, or a very negative way.
Re: Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
#3I am an Apple fanboy but I am also a privacy fanboy. As AI, IoT, and consumer tracking continue to invade our daily lives I think Apple will continue to do quite well if they maintain there pro-privacy heading. Privacy is a feature, it's something people want, and unfortunately its becoming a luxury. That is something that attracts Apple's customers.
Re: Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
#4This is interesting because while Apple's (comparative) dedication to privacy is endearing, it's a long-term existential threat. Google knows all about me and its assistant is, usually, great. Amazon has troves of data on what I buy, and I get to yell at Alexa to order more TP as soon as I see we're on the last roll. Apple knows much less about me and, while I'm still an Apple fan and am tied to iPhones/Macs thanks t…
What can Google do in the cloud that Apple can't do on the device?
Re: Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
#5Google and Amazon may get there faster, but personally, I'm quite ok with it taking a bit longer to get a truly smart digital assistant if that means I get to keep my privacy.
Re: Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
#6Two reasons, One) Apple is currently a lifestyle company and not a technology company so AI is well outside their wheelhouse in what they have spent the last 5 years doing.
Two) Apple is never really bleeding edge with it's products, it waits to see what the industry is doing and then subsequently tries to take something and make it better, something tough to do with AI/ML. You can't really just take someone's idea and build on it with $$, there needs to be a lot of groundwork done first to even get to that point and it looks like Apple has barely done any (looking straight at Siri for an example)
Re: Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
#7This is interesting because while Apple's (comparative) dedication to privacy is endearing, it's a long-term existential threat. Google knows all about me and its assistant is, usually, great. Amazon has troves of data on what I buy, and I get to yell at Alexa to order more TP as soon as I see we're on the last roll. Apple knows much less about me and, while I'm still an Apple fan and am tied to iPhones/Macs thanks t…
What can Google do in the cloud that Apple can't do on the device?
Apple can only look at you to learn - Google can look at you, and a million other people like you
Re: Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
#8> Six years later, the technology giant is struggling to find its voice in AI.
I know that this is the most common approach to the situation but the article -as many other articles that have argued this before- provides no proof other than analysts speaking in broad strokes.
I use Siri, Alexa and Assistant several times a week if not everyday and I'd hesitate a lot before saying that Siri is behind. Alexa is more responsive but it's domain is also more narrow. Siri does a pretty good job when I dictate a message or want to set a timer. It's limited, sure, but so are the other assistants I use. I might be the odd case, but speech recognition of Siri vs Assitant is pretty comparable in my experience.
Moving onto services. Google Photos is outstanding, yes. But I fail to see any other example that proves the big advantage other players have over Apple in the ML or AI field.
Am I missing something? I feel like a lot of these articles argue their view from the experience they got from Siri 5 years ago.
Re: Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
#9This is interesting because while Apple's (comparative) dedication to privacy is endearing, it's a long-term existential threat. Google knows all about me and its assistant is, usually, great. Amazon has troves of data on what I buy, and I get to yell at Alexa to order more TP as soon as I see we're on the last roll. Apple knows much less about me and, while I'm still an Apple fan and am tied to iPhones/Macs thanks t…
What can Google do in the cloud that Apple can't do on the device?
The simplest example would be speech recognition. With the exception of Keyword Spotting Systems like Hey Siri or OK Google, it's currently practically impossible to implement larger vocabulary speech recognition on device.
Re: Apple is struggling to become an AI powerhouse
#10This is interesting because while Apple's (comparative) dedication to privacy is endearing, it's a long-term existential threat. Google knows all about me and its assistant is, usually, great. Amazon has troves of data on what I buy, and I get to yell at Alexa to order more TP as soon as I see we're on the last roll. Apple knows much less about me and, while I'm still an Apple fan and am tied to iPhones/Macs thanks t…
What can Google do in the cloud that Apple can't do on the device?
Probably can't get all the metrics and data needed to actually tune/make it work.
I periodically delete all my history from google servers, thanks to their privacy tool, and google gets just a dumb for me as siri.