I am totally invested into the Apple ecosystem but the lack of innovation is very poor, they are miles behind others, HomeKit, Wallet, Maps, music I can’t fault the hardware but small incremental upgrades are making them fall behind for a brand that had lines of customers outside there stores to now where customers are NOT excited by the brand I use to take a day off for WWDC now I don’t bother, the vision has been lost. As for AI personally it doesn’t matter to me. Focus your efforts Apple and nail it please
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Apple Loses Robotics AI Researcher to Meta
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I think Meta is exceedingly annoying. Even if Meta is poaching all of this "AI talent," I wouldn't use their products, anyway, considering their privacy policies are nonexistent.
Zuckerburg took advantage of teenage markets back in the day, introduced Facebook like it was this awesome thing, and then began collecting information on people—even people who wanted nothing to do with Facebook at the time.
Even if Apple is losing some people in the AI world, I'd rather hold faith in a brand that believes in privacy protection than privacy exploitation.
Who cares if the AI is better, if said AI is just going to abuse your privacy rights and personal data?
Zuckerburg took advantage of teenage markets back in the day, introduced Facebook like it was this awesome thing, and then began collecting information on people—even people who wanted nothing to do with Facebook at the time.
Even if Apple is losing some people in the AI world, I'd rather hold faith in a brand that believes in privacy protection than privacy exploitation.
Who cares if the AI is better, if said AI is just going to abuse your privacy rights and personal data?
I'd only start to worry about Apple if the phone sales start slowing. I honestly can't see people changing from iPhones in 5 years, people would still happily use them if they swapped the Apple logo for MAGA haha.
I think you put more thought into that hypothesis then it really deserved. The truth is probably much simpler. Apple appointed the wrong person to head AI and they weren't achieving real goals. Marketing got ahead of the dev team and over promised (again) and sold a bunch of phones with promises that could never be genuinely met. Tim was to busy screwing OEM's for another five cents off a part, to notice nothing was happening of value in the AI team, beyond the exec meetings. Reality caught up with the hype and spanked Apple. Staff frustrated with all of this were offered insane money and that was the final push they needed to leave. With the exits, morale plummets and more of the teams start contemplating their career choices.
Apple should respond by nuking consumer confidence in AI and bursting the bubble. They stand to lose the least in doing so anyway.
200 million dude, it’s right there. Nobody wins that, not even Tim Cook. Seems like Facebook realized what AI is going to be and they are not afraid to offer outrageous kind of money. Either Apple competes and starts matching offers or they don’t take AI seriously and let Facebook dominate the space
You must not work in a large company. That dude has already been replaced with someone just as competent. The people under him are excited by the ongoing opportunities to move into an overpaid and over appreciated exec role. Status of the AI robot arm? Completely unchanged.
Exits don’t necessarily equate to morale plummeting. These articles about engineers leaving one company for another are so weird. It matters far less than most people think. 12 engineers in a division of hundreds is just normal churn anyway.
Perhaps the guys working on AI at Apple are very good but due to management style they aren't able to produce the best results?
Agreed, I used to get excited for the Apple events and WWDC, now it's 'Oh, an Apple event was on?' Especially after things like all new AirPods Max with NEW COLOURS and USBC! That's it. Nothing else, after years. It's getting meh now.
It’s the same with me. I used to get excited about watching the events and then it became just watching it later when I have time. Now? I don’t even bother watching anymore, I just catch some details somewhere else whenever I have time. The events just never reveal anything groundbreaking or “I have to have that!”
Meta, arguably the most aimless AI player. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Even more than just about anyone else, they're hoping throwing gobs of money at the topic will solve everything. We'll see, but I still have hope that Apple's relatively grounded approach will lead to better actual user experiences.
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How Meta Lost Its Way With AI Talent
At Meta, a chaotic culture and lack of vision have led to brain drain, with rivals saying its AI talent is lackluster. But Zuckerberg’s frenzied hiring spree hasn’t stopped the departures.
www.forbes.com
That is true. What these executives do sell CEOs and higher ups on the value. They sell them hope, change, profit, and solutions to their problems.
In reality, they never change anything below. The machine is moving on its own. If they get lucky and someone below is already working on a solution or an innovation, they jump on the bandwagon and tell the higher ups they made it happen.
If they get lucky with someone else's innovation, they'll stay for a few years. If not they usually jump off to another company right before they get found out.