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The parent comment makes it sound like everybody has to buy new hardware to use AI. Plenty of users with 2-3 year old hardware will be able to use it. As well a

• dymk 2y ago
  Apple will be selling iPhone 15s for the next 3 months that won’t get the AI features they just announced. When you buy an iPhone, you generally get software updates giving you new features for a few years at least. What they did with AI is kind of shitty, given their track record.
  • beretguy 2y ago
    I mean, I’m glad not to have this AI stuff. I’m glad I have a buffer of iPhones that don’t support this AI when I will be forced to downgrade to a newer device from first SE.
    • stavros 2y ago
      If you don't trust Apple to disable AI when you ask them to, why use them?
    • troupo 2y ago
      I'd like to have a smarter Siri though. Guess I'm stuck with an idiot who can't even understand the word "bedroom" anymore (though it worked fine until a recent update)
  • stavros 2y ago
    On the other hand, if your phone can't run a model, it can't run a model, you can't ship people a new AI coprocessor to solder onto their iPhone's motherboard.
    • steve1977 2y ago
      If you have a "Private Compute Cloud" setup anyway, you could give users the option to run the model there.
    • dymk 2y ago
      That’s true, but they’ve made a lot of noise about “private cloud compute” to run models too large for your device. They’re making the odd decision to not offer it as a subscription for devices less than a year old. They’ve also certainly been working on LLMs for longer than the iPhone 15 and 14 have existed. They knew what it’d support before announcing those devices.