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Has anyone found a good use for Apple Intelligence? I am knee-deep in LLMs all day, but I have disabled it on my devices. It just didn't seem useful. I tried t

Has anyone found a good use for Apple Intelligence? I am knee-deep in LLMs all day, but I have disabled it on my devices. It just didn't seem useful. I tried the image generator once and the output was borderline offensive (I won't derail this thread by going into why).

smcleod 2y ago
IMO the only good feature in it is the notification summaries, they're pretty accurate and useful. Siri on the other hand is embarrassingly bad.
- Tagbert 2y ago
  Siri doesn’t use Apple Intelligence. It is 10+ year-old technology that does not do learning. We won’t seen a truly smarter Siri until June when Apple previews the LLM Siri.
  - Reason077 2y ago
    > "We won’t seen a truly smarter Siri until June when Apple previews the LLM Siri." Really, they should have started with Siri, the moment LLMs became a thing. Not try to graft battery-draining AI assistants into existing apps in often-not-very-useful ways!
    - Tagbert 2y ago
      Perhaps replacing Siri with an LLM within the resources of a phone is complicated and takes time to get right. I’m willing to wait to see where they go with this a while longer.
- xyst 2y ago
  > Siri on the other hand is embarrassingly bad Always has been (c.2012)
  - hedora 2y ago
    But hey, I bet the metrics are up this year! You can no longer disable it without breaking CarPlay, and it’s started randomly activating when you press the power button on my phone when carplay is on. My theory is that typing a GPS destination into my car dashboard at a stoplight is too dangerous, and typing it on a phone keyboard is also too dangerous, but unlocking the phone, frantically yelling “cancel” until you find the “STFU Siri” button on the steering wheel, dismissing random useless carplay displays and THEN typing the address into the phone is completely safe. On a related note, they keep adding more distractions to the apple maps carplay screen. The other day, I was at an intersection, and the map rendered the sidewalks similarly to the road. It knew I was driving. Does it think using sidewalks as shortcuts is legal or something?
- singularity2001 2y ago
  Siri on the other hand is embarrassingly bad. and any attempt to replace this crapware with something better is sabotaged by the App Store guardians
- latexr 2y ago
  > the notification summaries, they're pretty accurate and useful. Far from a popular opinion. https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/apple-intelligence-notification-summaries-are-honestly-pretty-bad/ https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/apple-intelligence-not... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge93de21n0o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge93de21n0o
cryptoegorophy 2y ago
Hey siri - ask ChatGPT. Super cool feature when you are driving and if you want to talk to ChatGPT about anything. Highly recommend
- walterbell 2y ago
  How does that compare to using ChatGPT voice mode directly?
  - briandear 2y ago
    Does ChatGPT work with car play? How do you access voice mode without touching the device (as in while driving?)
    - walterbell 2y ago
      https://www.howtogeek.com/you-dont-need-apple-intelligence-anyone-can-use-chatgpt-in-siri/ https://www.howtogeek.com/you-dont-need-apple-intelligence-a...
- xyst 2y ago
  Why would anybody want to “talk to ChatGPT” while _driving_? Tech addicts, fr
  - briandear 2y ago
    “We’re passing the village of <some village> what can you tell me about it?” Seems like an amazing tool for car trips.
    - singularity2001 2y ago
      unfortunately villages and people are on the very far end of the hallucination spectrum
    - xyst 2y ago
      I’m more concerned about distracted drivers dealing with shitty connection and not paying attention to the road. Also, not sure where you are located but in the USA the cellular providers are god damn awful out in the sticks and certain segments of the highway. I wouldn’t be surprised if the queries hang.
pjmlp 2y ago
Increasing Apple shares, which is probably seen as good use by those that own them, or have funds where they are part of.
addandsubtract 2y ago
I've only had marginal success even getting it to work. It doesn't work on non-english emails and when it does work, requires two outgoing requests. So much for being local.
crenwick 2y ago
Website summaries are useful -- the only reason I keep the feature enabled at all.

smcleod 2y ago

IMO the only good feature in it is the notification summaries, they're pretty accurate and useful. Siri on the other hand is embarrassingly bad.

Tagbert 2y ago
Siri doesn’t use Apple Intelligence. It is 10+ year-old technology that does not do learning. We won’t seen a truly smarter Siri until June when Apple previews the LLM Siri.
- Reason077 2y ago
  > "We won’t seen a truly smarter Siri until June when Apple previews the LLM Siri." Really, they should have started with Siri, the moment LLMs became a thing. Not try to graft battery-draining AI assistants into existing apps in often-not-very-useful ways!
  - Tagbert 2y ago
    Perhaps replacing Siri with an LLM within the resources of a phone is complicated and takes time to get right. I’m willing to wait to see where they go with this a while longer.
xyst 2y ago
> Siri on the other hand is embarrassingly bad Always has been (c.2012)
- hedora 2y ago
  But hey, I bet the metrics are up this year! You can no longer disable it without breaking CarPlay, and it’s started randomly activating when you press the power button on my phone when carplay is on. My theory is that typing a GPS destination into my car dashboard at a stoplight is too dangerous, and typing it on a phone keyboard is also too dangerous, but unlocking the phone, frantically yelling “cancel” until you find the “STFU Siri” button on the steering wheel, dismissing random useless carplay displays and THEN typing the address into the phone is completely safe. On a related note, they keep adding more distractions to the apple maps carplay screen. The other day, I was at an intersection, and the map rendered the sidewalks similarly to the road. It knew I was driving. Does it think using sidewalks as shortcuts is legal or something?
singularity2001 2y ago
Siri on the other hand is embarrassingly bad. and any attempt to replace this crapware with something better is sabotaged by the App Store guardians
latexr 2y ago
> the notification summaries, they're pretty accurate and useful. Far from a popular opinion. https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/apple-intelligence-notification-summaries-are-honestly-pretty-bad/ https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/apple-intelligence-not... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge93de21n0o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge93de21n0o

cryptoegorophy 2y ago

Hey siri - ask ChatGPT. Super cool feature when you are driving and if you want to talk to ChatGPT about anything. Highly recommend

walterbell 2y ago
How does that compare to using ChatGPT voice mode directly?
- briandear 2y ago
  Does ChatGPT work with car play? How do you access voice mode without touching the device (as in while driving?)
  - walterbell 2y ago
    https://www.howtogeek.com/you-dont-need-apple-intelligence-anyone-can-use-chatgpt-in-siri/ https://www.howtogeek.com/you-dont-need-apple-intelligence-a...
xyst 2y ago
Why would anybody want to “talk to ChatGPT” while _driving_? Tech addicts, fr
- briandear 2y ago
  “We’re passing the village of <some village> what can you tell me about it?” Seems like an amazing tool for car trips.
  - singularity2001 2y ago
    unfortunately villages and people are on the very far end of the hallucination spectrum
  - xyst 2y ago
    I’m more concerned about distracted drivers dealing with shitty connection and not paying attention to the road. Also, not sure where you are located but in the USA the cellular providers are god damn awful out in the sticks and certain segments of the highway. I wouldn’t be surprised if the queries hang.

pjmlp 2y ago

Increasing Apple shares, which is probably seen as good use by those that own them, or have funds where they are part of.

addandsubtract 2y ago

I've only had marginal success even getting it to work. It doesn't work on non-english emails and when it does work, requires two outgoing requests. So much for being local.

crenwick 2y ago

Website summaries are useful -- the only reason I keep the feature enabled at all.