Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: -hh Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: The facts show Apple is two generations behind Android in AI (artificial intelligence) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 22:01:25 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 53 Message-ID: <645882704.743219657.314271.recscuba_google-huntzinger.com@news.eternal-september.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 04:01:26 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="057faf46ec5290f43d870ff9ed22591c"; logging-data="4115966"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/OKeDQHmsjxzXbffVFTYPsFHom6sveLRE=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPad) Cancel-Lock: sha1:BtGHH5B6p5cU79pDAj8sZpSNBTw= sha1:udjzPX5ZCGQbXrPonSN6SWrhO70= Bytes: 3294 Your Name wrote: > On 2024-07-20 11:07:59 +0000, -hh said: > >> On 7/19/24 11:09 PM, Andrew wrote: >>> "Meanwhile, all of those benefits are available on Android and have been >>> since Google introduced the idea of an AI-first smartphone in October 2024 >>> during the Pixel 8 launch. With Google's Pixel 9 family due to be announced >>> in August, Apple's iPhone will be two generations behind Android's AI >>> efforts before it has even left the Cupertino stage." >>> >>> https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2024/07/18/apple-iphone-16-pro-max-apple-intelligence-ai-sales-demand-new-iphone/ >>> >>> >>> >>> What do you expect from a company whose advertising budget dwarfs R&D. >> >> But how does it actually matter how far someone is "behind" when the >> shiny new widget still isn't all that great, and doesn't actually >> reliably provide meaningful productivity gains? >> uttinf >> Case in point, AI asked to render salmon swimming upstream: >> >> >> >> > > > Ignoring the fact that AI is utterly useless and nothing more than > another fad gimmick ... Well, it may be a fad .. or perhaps not (at least for certain niches). Real point is that it is still formative and immature today. > Apple has a tendency to come in "late" and leapfrog > everyone else with a much better version. When the iPhone was > released, everyone else had to quickly play catch-up and lazily > copied the iPhone (and many still do) with a sub-quality knock-off. Pretty much what I was alluding to: having an “early lead” to market when the tech change hasn’t adequately matured isn’t really worth that much: thus, it is far wiser to let it continue to mature without putting its warts out on public display where it can only created a poor opinion of it: use that developmental time to find where it actually makes a difference (eg productivity) before commercially launching it .. which is yes, pretty typical of how Apple tends to operate. -hh