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I use many products with AI features bolted on, and I haven't used a single one beyond briefly playing to see what it can do (usually very little). Is this really what we're spending billions of dollars on?
It looks like Apple will have a modular approach to AI. With some third-party components and some their own. They have and will double down on AI within apps, like selecting the subject in photos, transformer driven typing suggestions, and other app features. They will have a way to call out to a third-party, server-side GPT-style AI like ChatGPT for some functions. They will have one more more local AIs running on-d…
I use many products with AI features bolted on, and I haven't used a single one beyond briefly playing to see what it can do (usually very little). Is this really what we're spending billions of dollars on?
We aren't. It's companies that are spending the money. They want us to buy their products and they are afraid of missing out. It's a new gold rush.
It’s a little disappointing that the way most people will experience AI is going to be through just a few companies (Apple, Microsoft, OpenAI). If they all adopt a similar approach to censorship (safety), that creates various problems for society. Not to mention that kind of economic and cultural power should not be in the hands of a few.
I use many products with AI features bolted on, and I haven't used a single one beyond briefly playing to see what it can do (usually very little). Is this really what we're spending billions of dollars on?
I really don’t want this in my phone unless I choose to have it, and right now I’m pretty upset that Siri can’t be fully disabled in one switch, but I’ll really be much more upset if I have to have ‘Open’AI forced into my life. I truly don’t know what to do today, other than not having a phone, in order to get privacy and a phone that works without any BS.
I really don’t want this in my phone unless I choose to have it, and right now I’m pretty upset that Siri can’t be fully disabled in one switch, but I’ll really be much more upset if I have to have ‘Open’AI forced into my life. I truly don’t know what to do today, other than not having a phone, in order to get privacy and a phone that works without any BS.
I'd prefer that Apple stop removing valuable functionality and replacing it with junk. The removal of the headphone jack and Touch ID have deterred me from buying a new iPhone. I'm writing an mobile app right now, and I'm targeting iOS 15 so I can run it on my own phone. This requires some non-trivial workarounds to insufferable SwiftUI defects that existed until iOS 17.
Meanwhile, Apple refuses to fix the most absurd omission from the iPhone: audible NOTIFICATIONS OF MISSED CALLS. Truly stupid. So yeah... they have some work to do before dicking around with "AI."
I have a hard time believing this since everything Apple has been releasing in the AI space points towards running models locally.
> The majority of iOS 18’s AI features, however, will be powered entirely on-device, allowing Apple to tout privacy and speed benefits.