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I've been trying the iOS Beta 18.2 and here's my impression of Apple Intelligence: It's not bad, it's really really bad. The image clean-up feature is utterly
by behnamoh 2y ago
I've been trying the iOS Beta 18.2 and here's my impression of Apple Intelligence:
It's not bad, it's really really bad.
The image clean-up feature is utterly useless, and I think it's one of the areas where we can clearly see the difference between a company for whom Generative AI is an afterthought (Apple), and the competition. I paid $1500 for the new iPhone Pro Max and a great part of the deal was the Apple Intelligence support, but frankly, I might as well switch to Android at this point because I'm really disappointed at Apple's take on AI. I'll probably wait until the official Apple Intelligence is introduced but tbh I don't think there will be much improvements over this version.
And as for Siri: It's as stupid as it ever was. I ask it to convert something from lbs to kg and it responds "there's no music playing". If anything, its natural language comprehension has degraded.
Currently, there's no context awareness, so I still can't ask Siri "how do I respond to this email?".
Really, the only thing that "works" is the ChatGPT feature that describes an image you send it. Anything Apple-related is bonkers. It's really embarrassing.
- xvector 2y agoApple has always sucked in AI and they have never formed the culture necessary to enable and attract top ML talent. They developed Siri years ago and have stagnated since. As far as the future of compute goes, Meta seems like it has a much more compelling argument with the Orion glasses and their investment in AI.
- behnamoh 2y ago> Apple has always sucked in AI Yes, but Apple fans always respond by saying "...but Apple has been using ML in much of the OS for years, you just don't see it..." I really want Apple to be better at this, but Generative AI is too uncontrollable for a control-freak company.
- fhd2 2y agoThey didn't even develop Siri, they acquired it. Doesn't seem like they've done all that much with it beyond integrating and marketing it, but I could be wrong.