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The strength of Google’s AI is not because of its technical superiority (that helps) but because of the huge amount of ubiquitous data it has on users. AI is no

by nafizh 9y ago

The strength of Google’s AI is not because of its technical superiority (that helps) but because of the huge amount of ubiquitous data it has on users. AI is not magic, it needs data to perform well. Challenge for Apple is where will it get this data to provide customized AI facilities to its users, and this will inevitably lead Apple to the privacy issues Google is facing.

robotresearcher 9y ago
> Challenge for Apple is where will it get this data iPhone, Safari, Maps, Photos, App Store, iTunes Store, Apple Pay, Apple TV... They may never have as much data as Google, but they have a lot. The latest hotness in AI research is self-training, which helps extract more goodness from data. So with some cleverness they may be able mitigate their data disadvantage somewhat. Of course Google works on this area too.