[HN Gopher] How Apple Fell Behind in the AI Arms Race
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How Apple Fell Behind in the AI Arms Race
Author : airstrike
Score : 16 points
Date : 2024-06-06 22:39 UTC (21 minutes ago)
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| airstrike wrote:
| https://archive.is/KFhWD
| bookofjoe wrote:
| https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/apple-ai-siri-development-behind...
| threeseed wrote:
| 6% of smartphone buyers said AI was the key reason behind their
| choice:
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| https://www.kantar.com/inspiration/technology/consumers-embr...
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| Even when AI is expected to be littered through the next OS
| update previewed in 3 days I imagine it's going to be interesting
| but largely inconsequential in the long term.
| Legend2440 wrote:
| This comment has "no one wants a phone with a touchscreen"
| vibes.
| basil-rash wrote:
| I ask Siri to skip the current track sometimes, because my $600
| airpods max couldn't be bothered to make their buttons
| configurable. That's about the only time I use or want to use
| "AI" on my phone ever - and I wish I didn't have to do even that.
| 23B1 wrote:
| Siri is absolute trash and I wonder how much brand equity they've
| burned. My homepod is collecting dust.
| DenisM wrote:
| It could be like Maps - very rudimentary at first, much better
| later. I'm sure they are working on it around the clock.
| Legend2440 wrote:
| Really nothing interesting in this article, just what everyone
| already knew - Apple didn't invent LLMs, but the next version of
| Siri will be powered by one.
| menacingly wrote:
| Apple isn't behind on AI any more than they were behind on cloud
| storage. It doesn't matter when, it doesn't matter if it isn't
| SOTA, I don't know how many different ways I can word that they
| have your data. Google has your data.
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| model-as-service companies can have all the features they want,
| their models can't do anything meaningful without the data Apple,
| MS, Google have.
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| Apple is at zero risk that someone else will have your notes,
| entire app library with data, mail, calendar, messages. They hold
| so much leverage. Even if you use some other (so far nonexistent)
| secret all-model, what are you going to access it with?
| rebolek wrote:
| AI is corporate circle jerk and aknowledgement to how much they
| are disconnected with their customers.
| gleenn wrote:
| How did Apple fall behind exactly? This article is very negative
| and yet very sparse on details particularly given Apple hasn't
| even had the event in only a few days. Seems like you would
| reserve judgement. If you look at Google Home amd Alexa, they may
| do some things better but they also do many things very poorly. I
| hardly think Apple has fallen behind in a substantive way and
| this article adds zero color to say otherwise.
| thefourthchime wrote:
| I think it's somewhat antithetical for Apple to develop a state-
| of-the-art AI because it requires so much data.
|
| One of the pillars of Apple marketing is that they don't collect
| or sell your data.
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| I consider Apple to be a hardware company first--they give me a
| thing, I give them money. That's it.
|
| Yes, the software makes up the ecosystem and features, but I'm
| paying for a tangible product, and they're not selling me.
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| I think this ethos is a significant part of why they have become
| as successful as they are.
| yreg wrote:
| Strange to publish this just a few days before Apple's annual
| developer conference.
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| Anyway, Apple is rarely the first mover in a given technology
| space, so I wouldn't be too concerned yet.
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