Transformer architecture optimized for Apple Silicon

Post by diffeomorphism » Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 8:13 AM UTC

ohgodplsno wrote: post #245

parker_mountain wrote: post #156

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Homepods have U1 chips. They can position airtags within your house. You can put an airtag under, or adjacent to, a lamp and link it to a smart switch. Your apple watch has gesture detection (still in beta, tbf), as well as U1 and real time positioning capabilities. Everything required for apple to know not only where you are, but which way your hand is pointing, as well as where "smart devices" are in your house is…

$25 for an Airtag, plus say $20 for a smart switch. Plus $200 for a HomePod. To turn a single lamp on/off by pointing at it, something that nobody ever wants to do (alright, once for the cool factor). If someone wanted to overpay for useless features, they can already go for a Philips Hue. I can turn off my lamps from anywhere in the world using a $10 Tuta ZigBee bridge and a $8 LIDL light.

Meanwhile you could use an iphone as a webcam for years by just buying an app,you could use an ipad as a cintiq by just buying an app, using your phone with your computer with kdeconnect also has been around for years. Pretty much nobody cared. Then apple came out with their branded version and suddenly you have people praising it as the best thing since sliced bread and great "innovation".

So my prediction would be that apple releases a ZigBee bridge and light for $50 in about 3 years and calls it a fancy name. People will tell you how absolutely essential and innovative it is and how you could never get that without an iDevice.

Post by parker_mountain » Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 8:09 PM UTC

janekm wrote: post #260

parker_mountain wrote: post #153

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>because Apple are probably working on a top secret new thing that will blow everyone else out of the water” that's a mischaracterization of what i said. what i said was that they have been clearly hiring key positions and cannibalizing the siri team for something new. that something new will likely be a major release. i also believe that the ar headset is the unifying product under which they're rallying.

You may well be right, but if so that's a huge problem for Apple as by all accounts the AR device is still many years from being ready for release and meanwhile they are in a very precarious situation with Siri... The first proper integration of a Whisper & a GPT-class LM will be a big step change, a Siri-like AI that you can actually talk to somewhat sensibly and expect it to "understand" more than pre-set phrases..…

I don't think the new siri is intrinsicly tied to the device. I think that as part of remaking siri, they're using the new platform as a rallying cry and story as to why it's important. (it's hard to justify features such as making siri spatially aware otherwise)

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