Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It

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Post by cyanbane » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC

Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It
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Re: Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It

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Post by num42 » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC

> * The endgame is intelligence as a commodity.

My comment won’t add anything to the discussion. As far as I know I have heard same idea * several times from George Hotz blog posts. I guess that’s what tiny corp wants to do.

Re: Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It

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Post by xyzsparetimexyz » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC

So the argument of this _very_ Claude written piece is that.. On apple devices you have GPUs with fast-enough unified memory and can link them together?

Okay, fair, but why would I get an Apple device when I can get a Linux device with some monster motherboard that has a dozen memory slots?

Re: Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It

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Post by iknowstuff » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 5:11 PM UTC

Any interaction with the iOS 27 beta siri compared with ChatGPT Live quickly disproves this drivel. Also OP seems unaware of their bandwidth contstraints

Re: Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It

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Post by smw » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC

xyzsparetimexyz wrote: post #3

So the argument of this _very_ Claude written piece is that.. On apple devices you have GPUs with fast-enough unified memory and can link them together? Okay, fair, but why would I get an Apple device when I can get a Linux device with some monster motherboard that has a dozen memory slots?

Because bandwidth between those sticks and the GPU isn't fast enough for fast inference.

Re: Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It

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Post by rescripting » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 5:20 PM UTC

iknowstuff wrote: post #4

Any interaction with the iOS 27 beta siri compared with ChatGPT Live quickly disproves this drivel. Also OP seems unaware of their bandwidth contstraints

What does the quality of Siri vs ChatGPT have to do with the argument made in the article?

Re: Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It

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Post by xyzsparetimexyz » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 5:21 PM UTC

smw wrote: post #5

xyzsparetimexyz wrote: post #3

So the argument of this _very_ Claude written piece is that.. On apple devices you have GPUs with fast-enough unified memory and can link them together? Okay, fair, but why would I get an Apple device when I can get a Linux device with some monster motherboard that has a dozen memory slots?

Because bandwidth between those sticks and the GPU isn't fast enough for fast inference.

Even with an integrated gpu? Surely it'll be faster that using thunderbolt cables

Re: Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC

iknowstuff wrote: post #4

Any interaction with the iOS 27 beta siri compared with ChatGPT Live quickly disproves this drivel. Also OP seems unaware of their bandwidth contstraints

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Re: Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It

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Post by hingler36 » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC

While I generally agree that local models will gain popularity and Apple is generally well situated to capitalize on this, articles like this are not the way to convince anyone.

Plots with no axis labels or units displayed? In fact if you're literally just comparing two things, why not just write down the two numbers? Or better yet strengthen your argument by comparing more than just literally two options?

And the pictures. You seriously couldn't be bothered to just go find a picture of four Mac minis stacked on top of each other, and had to genai a picture of four vaguely-mac-mini-shaped blocks?

Re: Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It

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Post by pjmlp » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC

It is hard to be the king when it only dominates the market share in a few rich countries.