[HN Gopher] Apple's AI-powered Siri assistant could land as soon...
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       Apple's AI-powered Siri assistant could land as soon as WWDC 2024
        
       Author : CharlesW
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2023-11-09 19:48 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | arshbot wrote:
       | For the love of God, please. Siri is so inadequate, especially
       | compared to virtually every other voice assistant it's
       | incredible. I rely very heavily on ChatGPT's voice assistant,
       | especially in the last week or so and all I wish is that I could
       | plug into my iPhone for basic commands
        
         | scarface_74 wrote:
         | While it can't do anything on the device, you can activate Siri
         | and then say "Ask ChatGPT" if you have the app install and then
         | have ChatGPT answer questions.
        
           | YetAnotherNick wrote:
           | Is it possible in Android too?
        
       | kylehotchkiss wrote:
       | Disappointing it wouldn't be available on the 14 pro or 15 pro,
       | both of which have hardware that far exceeds their normal use
       | cases. I'd be happy if it could still go to the network for some
       | of the processing.
        
         | wenc wrote:
         | Processing is adequate but RAM is not. The 15 Max Pro only has
         | 8GB RAM. You need 32 GB to run any decent sized LLMs. (You can
         | quantize a smaller model but the quality of the output will be
         | noticeably bad)
         | 
         | I have an M2 Pro with 16gb ram and even I can't run any decent
         | sized LLMs locally.
        
           | bpye wrote:
           | I would bet against Apple shipping any mobile phone with 32GB
           | of RAM - even if the cost were acceptable the increased power
           | draw likely would not be.
        
             | wenc wrote:
             | They would probably ship a specialized model trained
             | provide specific answers on device and offload to remote
             | for more general answers. Probably not a full Llama or
             | Falcon.
             | 
             | Their latest keyboard autocomplete for instance is a GPT-2
             | model.
        
       | ALoverOfLats wrote:
       | I might actually consider the 16 Pro if Siri gets close to
       | ChatGPT level intelligence on-device somehow. It desperately
       | needs all the attention it can get.
        
         | iAMkenough wrote:
         | I have a fear SiriGPT will get a fancy hype-filled launch, and
         | then follow the exact same path of decay that today's Siri has
         | followed.
        
       | theshrike79 wrote:
       | I give it 2 weeks after release when someone prompt engineers AI
       | Siri to say something inflammatory and the internet will explode
       | in schadenfreude.
        
         | scarface_74 wrote:
         | You can do that with Siri today. Just tell it to call someone
         | $ADerogatoryTerm
        
       | AndrewKemendo wrote:
       | Making (nearly) every AI chatbot startup obsolete overnight
       | 
       | Welcome to the club
        
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