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Subject: Re: AI: "Apple Intelligence" - personal and private + ChatGPT 4o
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On 2024-06-11 12:09:40 +0000, Alan Browne said:
> On 2024-06-10 20:35, Your Name wrote:
>> On 2024-06-10 21:10:58 +0000, Alan Browne said:
>>> On 2024-06-10 16:55, Your Name wrote:
>>>> On 2024-06-10 18:44:43 +0000, Alan Browne said:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Apple announce their AI as "Apple Intelligence" with the emphasis on 
>>>>> _personal_ and _private_.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Integrated of course across Apple apps.  (... and 3rd party via App 
>>>>> Intents API).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Strong "action" oriented commands.
>>>>> 
>>>>> AI will be on device for most processes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Private Cloud Compute for loads that can't be done on device - using 
>>>>> Apple Silicon based servers.  No storage of your data.
>>>>> Independent 3rd party source code verification.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Siri to get AI - and boy does she need it.  (Recent use has come up 
>>>>> with a lot of flaws).  Also remembers the recent context in Siri as 
>>>>> well as your cross app context over time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Writing tools for various apps to rewrite messages (such as a mail 
>>>>> message) in different ways.  Grammar checking, tone, etc.  Auto TL;DR 
>>>>> summary generator, etc. and so on.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Reading tools to summarize incoming e-mails with relevant content.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Emoji generator (text what you want, it gens an "emoji" like 
>>>>> illustration.  (silly fun).
>>>>> 
>>>>> ChatGPT 4o integration w/o an account.  If you have a ChatGPT account, 
>>>>> then "paywall" features will be accessible as well...
>>>>> 
>>>>> (As soon as the Keynote mentioned ChatGPT - Apple stock shot up).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Looking forward it.  Need devices compatible with the latest OS' of course.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ref: WWDC - 2024 - Keynote (YouTube).
>>>> 
>>>> And *nobody* even knows why or what they would want the useless crap 
>>>> actually for ... the geek brigade just want it so big tech is happy to 
>>>> add it to everything and charge you more for doing it.  :-\
>>>> 
>>>> Yet more pointless gimmick "features" added while still not fixing all 
>>>> the annoying bugs.
>>> 
>>> I recently read the Ken Follett book, "The Armour of Light" and it 
>>> mentioned the Luddite uprising against industrialization.
>>> 
>>> You were first to come to mind!
>> 
>> "Nobody" was an intended exaggeration. The point being that 95%+ of 
>> people do not know nor care what AI is, and they will never knowingly 
>> use it nor want to use it.
> 
> 99.9% of people will be using it without really "knowing" it.  It will 
> be deeply embedded into the user experience.
> 
> Just Siri remaining in context for follow up queries or instructions 
> will be a huge leap.  (Goldfish memory days will end...)
> 
>> 
>> Apple needs to concentrate on the usability and fixing the existing 
>> annoying bugs (some of which have been there since OS X first created!) 
>> rather than continually adding gimmicks that only a tiny niche number 
>> of users will ever know about or use.  :-\
> 
> Agree Apple need to fix things - indeed stop breaking things that 
> worked fine but they tend to dumb down or make needlessly obfuscated 
> (Settings in Mac OS).
> 
> But adding features is where they have to go to keep relevant and 
> abreast of the competition if not passing it.

AI is not a "feature". It's just another useless bandwagon-jumping 
gimmick to sell yet another new phone to stupid people. Thankfully the 
silliness can (reportedly) be turned off ... yet something else I need 
to include on the growing "turn off" list for  on every device I set up 
for people.  :-(