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Semantically, AI has always been a superset of ML. So it's always been correct to call machine learning AI. All machine learning is AI, not all AI is machine learning.
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They talk about "Apple Intelligence models" running on the phone. They dropped that name for their AI stuff in a few other spots, too.
Yeah. I think they talked about ML for the Watch workout feature as well (or was it the AirPods?) And I think for other features as well but I am not certain and I am not rewatching the whole thing. They’ve been putting AI in a lot of places over the years.
* Apps are already logged in, so no extra friction to grant access.
* Apps mostly use Apple-developed UI frameworks, so Apple could turn them into AI-readable representations, instead of raw pixels. In the same way a browser can give the AI the accessibility DOM, Apple could give AIs an easier representation to read and manipulate.
* iPhones already have specialized hardware for AI acceleration.
I want to be able to tell my phone to a) summarize my finances across all the apps I have b) give me a list of new articles of a certain topic from my magazine/news apps c) combine internet search with on-device files to generate personal reports.
All this is possible, but Apple doesn't care to do this. The path not taken is invisible, and no one will criticize them for squandering this opportunity. That's a more subtle drawback with only having two phone operating systems.
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I'll argue that face recognition, event detection and share recommendations are nice features. They are all done locally on your device for the last decade, at least.
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I think this is the correct approach on a phone. I don't want AI front-and-center. I want it in the background quietly making everything better. To me, that's a much more useful form of AI.
And I want it turned the fuck off, quietly not doing anything with my personal shit. I want to reach for my tools when I want to use them.
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I think it's more because they're way behind on AI and they literally have nothing to actually tell us.
As an Apple user, what are they behind on? What features are other makers shipping that Apple is missing? (Genuinely curious, perhaps there are third-party apps I can use to bridge the gap.)
Apple needs on-device AI to do chores for me with the apps I have installed. Apple has everything it needs: * Apps are already logged in, so no extra friction to grant access. * Apps mostly use Apple-developed UI frameworks, so Apple could turn them into AI-readable representations, instead of raw pixels. In the same way a browser can give the AI the accessibility DOM, Apple could give AIs an easier representation to…
Edit: And add strong controls to limit what it can and cannot access, especially for the creepy stuff.
I think this is the correct approach on a phone. I don't want AI front-and-center. I want it in the background quietly making everything better. To me, that's a much more useful form of AI.
Actually if Siri ever worked when I really need it, they could finally catch up with their promises made in 2011.
That's because people don't trust AI that much... and most people don't differentiate between a really cool feature and AI so it's more confusing marketing than anything.
ChatGPT being the number one app is a weird way for people to express they don't trust AI: https://apps.apple.com/us/charts/iphone
Apple needs on-device AI to do chores for me with the apps I have installed. Apple has everything it needs: * Apps are already logged in, so no extra friction to grant access. * Apps mostly use Apple-developed UI frameworks, so Apple could turn them into AI-readable representations, instead of raw pixels. In the same way a browser can give the AI the accessibility DOM, Apple could give AIs an easier representation to…
Apps already have such an accessibility tree; it's used for VoiceOver and you can use it to write UI unit tests. (If you haven't tested your own app with VoiceOver, you should.)