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Re: Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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Wouldn't this reduce sales for Grammerly? If Apple packs the same feature for every application in iOS, it is kinda cool. Private Cloud - Isn't this what Amazon did with their tablet - Fire? What is the difference with Apple Private Cloud?

I would not bet on Grammerly's future.

Re: Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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I am deeply disturbed they decided to go off-device for these services to work. This is a terrible precedent, seemingly inconsistent with their previous philosophies and likely a pressured decision. I don't care if they put the word "private" in there or have an endless amount of "expert" audits. What a shame.

That’s a necessary temporary step until these powerful LLMs are able to run locally. I’m sure Apple would be delighted to offload everything on device if possible and not spend their own money on compute.

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You are deeply disturbed by the idea that some services can be better implemented server-side? Who do you think pressured them, the illuminati?

Here's a shocking suggestion: maybe wait some time before these services could be implemented on-device, and implement them on-device, instead of shipping this half-baked something? Apple seems to be the perfect company to make it happen, they produce both the hardware and the software, tightly integrated with each other. No one else is this good at it.

They implemented way more on the device than anyone else is doing, and I don't see how it makes it "half-baked" that it sometimes needs to use an online service. Your suggestion is essentially just not shipping the product until some unspecified future time. That offers no utility to anyone.

Re: Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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Some stuff seems cool in the sense that you try it once and never use it again. Other stuff, like ChatGPT integration, seem like they'll produce more AI Slop and false information. It's always interesting to me to see just how many people blatantly trust ChatGPT for information.

I find most AI products to be counter-intuitive - most of the time Googling something or writing your own document is faster. But the tech overlords of Silicon Valley will continuously force AI down our throats. It's no longer about useful software, we made most of that already, it's about growth at all costs. I'm a developer and day by day I come to despise the software world. Real life is a lot better. Real life engineering and hardware have gotten a lot better over the years. That's the only thing keeping me optimistic about technology these days. Software is what makes me pessimistic.

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OG iPhone had Google as Maps provider and YouTube both within Apple shells and the branding downplayed in Maps case That’s the only case I can think of where it’s an external tech you’re making requests to, usually it’s things like Rosetta made out of Apple IIRC but integrated internally

> Rosetta is made out of Apple IIRC but integrated internally Don’t think that’s right. I think Rosetta was always made inside Apple. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(software) Perhaps mixing it up because of Rosetta Stone? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone_(software)

> Transitive is providing the engine used in Apple's Rosetta software, which translates software for its current machines using PowerPC processors so it can run on forthcoming Intel-based Macintoshes. "We've had a long-term relationship with them," Transitive Chief Executive Bob Wiederhold said Tuesday.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/the-brains-b...

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> I always saw this level of personal intelligence to come about at some point, but I didn’t expect Apple to hit it out of the park so strongly. Benefit of drawing people into their ecosystem. It's the benefit of how Apple does product ownership. In contrast to Google and Microsoft. I hadn't considered it, but AI convergence is going to lay bare organizational deficiencies in a way previous revolutions didn't. Nobody…

Why wouldn't Microsoft be able to? Anyway, while I see all of your points, none of the things I've read in the news make me excited. Recapping meetings or long emails or suggesting how to write are just...not major concerns to me at least.

"Anyone serious about software should be making their own hardware - Alan Kay" - Steve Jobs

Re: Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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post #334

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> I always saw this level of personal intelligence to come about at some point, but I didn’t expect Apple to hit it out of the park so strongly. Benefit of drawing people into their ecosystem. It's the benefit of how Apple does product ownership. In contrast to Google and Microsoft. I hadn't considered it, but AI convergence is going to lay bare organizational deficiencies in a way previous revolutions didn't. Nobody…

Why wouldn't Microsoft be able to? Anyway, while I see all of your points, none of the things I've read in the news make me excited. Recapping meetings or long emails or suggesting how to write are just...not major concerns to me at least.

>Why wouldn't Microsoft be able to?

https://crmtipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ms-org...

Re: Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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Why take up processor time or memory for a feature I don't want? Or the increase in threat space?

This could be said for literally every single feature of a smartphone, down to the out of order execution of the CPU

Yes. I would like to be able to disable other smartphone features I don't use. But that's already the case. Like the GPS, for instance, is disabled unless I'm using the map. And even that can be set to "never" if I want.
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