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This is old and nonsense. It highlights correctly the upcoming AI revolution but it misses entirely the point that Apple is innovating in this space - processin
by SpikeDad 8y ago
This is old and nonsense. It highlights correctly the upcoming AI revolution but it misses entirely the point that Apple is innovating in this space - processing on the phone rather than within Google or Amazon verse.
In other words Apple is simultaneously building an on phone AI while at the same time retaining it's mission of privacy for the user.
I'll take the little hit on functionality in exchange for a massive upgrade in privacy.
So in the end Tim Cook is carrying on the customer and privacy centric DNA that Jobs imbued into Apple using innovation that other companies just dream about.
- sdegutis 8y agoI don't think most casual iPhone users are going to see privacy as a primary feature to look for, but it is extremely frustrating that half the time I try to use Siri for basic things like "call my wife", it just spins and spins and I eventually give up and find the Phone app and click the dang call button myself. I know that's caused by the server because sometimes it times out after like 60 seconds and says something about how Siri services are busy, please try again.
- QasimK 8y agoSo you're saying if you can't sell the local-data-processing feature as "privacy-preserving", then you can try to sell it as "it'll work without an internet connection" - tunnels, trains, planes, cars, hiking, underground, deep-inside buildings, power-loss, or many other situations that you don't have WiFi nor 4G.
- rayiner 8y agoIt’s not just about privacy. Having to go over the Net to process simple voice commands makes Siri almost useless. After a few times of giving a command to Siri, only to be confronted with a long delay or an outright error because you’re driving, or in an elevator, or under a bridge, or whatever, it stops being a tool you reach for instinctively.
- hndamien 8y agoI think the big companies got the edge processing memo, however Apple certainly has a good lead. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.