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Its not even microsoft its everyone and their grandmother pushing AI this AI that crap. Really language model this language model that, but we've perverted what

by asdff 3y ago

Its not even microsoft its everyone and their grandmother pushing AI this AI that crap. Really language model this language model that, but we've perverted what AI actually means to the public already so that's great too for technological literacy purposes.

nxobject 3y ago
Apple, to their credit, hasn't announcing some generative-AI powered project. Yet. I'd like to think they have an Amish-like attitude to tech fads... hence why they never had a foldable come to market.
- parl_match 3y ago
  They actually have, but they generally refer to the technology by its more technical terms. Instead of saying "generative ai", they'll say "transformer based predictive text". They have a few things (keyboard, camera, photos app, and some others) that are actually using generative AI but they don't refer to it as such. And as for the folding phone, I think they couldn't build one to their standards. I like the concept but there's a reason they've stayed relatively niche in the market.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  Yes, they have. They haven't announced much in the way of concrete products/features, but they have announced an effort to stuff iOS full of unspecified generative AI ”stuff”, much centered on Apple’s own in-house LLM, and put lots of resources behind it. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-10-22/what-is-apple-doing-in-ai-revamping-siri-search-apple-music-and-other-apps-lo1ffr7p https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-10-22/what-i...
Arainach 3y ago
To be fair, customers are part of the hype feedback loop. I have seen actual conversations with non-tech workers that boil down to "when we ask these people what they want AI to do, they say they don't know, but boy do they get excited every time we mention adding AI"
- asdff 3y ago
  Using AI customer service chatbots really is a hoot. The most egregious examples they add an ai autocomplete service to your replies. So the thing asks you for your email and in the textbox its so very helpfully prefilled bob@example.com that you now need to overwrite with your actual email. Pretty fun to think of the resources consumed delivering this experience too
- UtopiaPunk 3y ago
  Are customers really asking for AI soda flavors, tho? https://us.coca-cola.com/products/coke-creations/y3000-limited-edition-soda https://us.coca-cola.com/products/coke-creations/y3000-limit...
  - majani 3y ago
    smacking AI on anything is probably an easy promotion for the next couple years
    - kjellsbells 3y ago
      Ding! We have a winner. It is exactly that. No different really from 1999 products slapping Internet on everything or 2020 ones inserting crypto. Most importantly of all, its what investors and stockholders want to see now, and they will punish the stock price of anything that doesnt have an AI strategy.
  - edgyquant 3y ago
    I wonder if they just pasted their recipe into ChatGPT and asked “how can I make this taste better?”
  - mananaysiempre 3y ago
    They did at one point ask for cosmetics with thorium and radium[1], so who knows. [1] http://museumofradium.co.uk/tho-radia/ http://museumofradium.co.uk/tho-radia/
- therouwboat 3y ago
ketralnis 3y ago
I mean sure it's "everybody" but renaming Edge to Edge: AI Browser (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.emmx&hl=en_US&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft....) is more over the top than most.
- calamari4065 3y ago
  Good lord, that's just ridiculous
- snotrockets 3y ago
  “It’s toasted”
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ohlokkru 3y ago
Everyone had similar complaints about the cloud and USB, WiFi. Operating systems before that. DSLs for configuration. Circle of tech life, Simba.
- CyberDildonics 3y ago
  What does the "AI" button on the keyboard do that compares to universal data and power ports or standardized secure wireless internet?
dustedcodes 3y ago
Not really, it’s literally mostly Microsoft shoehorning AI everywhere and rebranding everything into Microsoft Azure CoPilot <insert shitty product here>

by asdff 3y ago

nxobject 3y ago

Apple, to their credit, hasn't announcing some generative-AI powered project. Yet. I'd like to think they have an Amish-like attitude to tech fads... hence why they never had a foldable come to market.

parl_match 3y ago
They actually have, but they generally refer to the technology by its more technical terms. Instead of saying "generative ai", they'll say "transformer based predictive text". They have a few things (keyboard, camera, photos app, and some others) that are actually using generative AI but they don't refer to it as such. And as for the folding phone, I think they couldn't build one to their standards. I like the concept but there's a reason they've stayed relatively niche in the market.
dragonwriter 3y ago
Yes, they have. They haven't announced much in the way of concrete products/features, but they have announced an effort to stuff iOS full of unspecified generative AI ”stuff”, much centered on Apple’s own in-house LLM, and put lots of resources behind it. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-10-22/what-is-apple-doing-in-ai-revamping-siri-search-apple-music-and-other-apps-lo1ffr7p https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-10-22/what-i...

Arainach 3y ago

To be fair, customers are part of the hype feedback loop. I have seen actual conversations with non-tech workers that boil down to "when we ask these people what they want AI to do, they say they don't know, but boy do they get excited every time we mention adding AI"

asdff 3y ago
Using AI customer service chatbots really is a hoot. The most egregious examples they add an ai autocomplete service to your replies. So the thing asks you for your email and in the textbox its so very helpfully prefilled bob@example.com that you now need to overwrite with your actual email. Pretty fun to think of the resources consumed delivering this experience too
UtopiaPunk 3y ago
Are customers really asking for AI soda flavors, tho? https://us.coca-cola.com/products/coke-creations/y3000-limited-edition-soda https://us.coca-cola.com/products/coke-creations/y3000-limit...
- majani 3y ago
  smacking AI on anything is probably an easy promotion for the next couple years
  - kjellsbells 3y ago
    Ding! We have a winner. It is exactly that. No different really from 1999 products slapping Internet on everything or 2020 ones inserting crypto. Most importantly of all, its what investors and stockholders want to see now, and they will punish the stock price of anything that doesnt have an AI strategy.
- edgyquant 3y ago
  I wonder if they just pasted their recipe into ChatGPT and asked “how can I make this taste better?”
- mananaysiempre 3y ago
  They did at one point ask for cosmetics with thorium and radium[1], so who knows. [1] http://museumofradium.co.uk/tho-radia/ http://museumofradium.co.uk/tho-radia/
therouwboat 3y ago

ketralnis 3y ago

I mean sure it's "everybody" but renaming Edge to Edge: AI Browser (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.emmx&hl=en_US&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft....) is more over the top than most.

calamari4065 3y ago
Good lord, that's just ridiculous
snotrockets 3y ago
“It’s toasted”

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ohlokkru 3y ago

Everyone had similar complaints about the cloud and USB, WiFi. Operating systems before that. DSLs for configuration. Circle of tech life, Simba.

CyberDildonics 3y ago
What does the "AI" button on the keyboard do that compares to universal data and power ports or standardized secure wireless internet?

dustedcodes 3y ago

Not really, it’s literally mostly Microsoft shoehorning AI everywhere and rebranding everything into Microsoft Azure CoPilot <insert shitty product here>