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When you can do all inference at the edge, you can keep it disconnected from the network if you don't trust the data handling. I happen to think they wouldn't,
by IggleSniggle 2y ago
When you can do all inference at the edge, you can keep it disconnected from the network if you don't trust the data handling.
I happen to think they wouldn't, simply because sending this data back to Apple in any form that they could digest it is not aligned with their current privacy-first strategies. But if they make a device that still works if it stays disconnected, the neat thing is that you can just...keep it disconnected. You don't have to trust them.
- chem83 2y agoExcept that's an unreasonable scenario for a smart phone. It doesn't prove that the minute the user goes online it won't be egressing data willingly or not.
- IggleSniggle 2y agoI don't disagree, although when I composed my comment I had desktop/laptop in mind, as I think genuinely useful on-device smartphone-AI is a ways of yet, and who knows what company Apple will be by then.
- bee_rider 2y agoTo use a proprietary system and not trust the vendor, you have to never connect it. That’s possible of course, but it seems pretty limiting, right?