Apple is as usual late to the show. AI at MS has around since 98.
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How do you know that it's a burden to update, and how do you know Siri is just a "crazy DB lookup?"
LOL.
Sadly Apple would probably get sued for it - with my sensible hat on I suppose maybe with some justification since it's not inconceivable to imagine Siri being used in a life-threatening situation - but if it wasn't for that pretty major issue it would make a rather good April Fool's joke for Apple to switch everyone's Siri to "Kosh mode" for a few hours on April 1st.
They sure would be better as error messages than “something went wrong” and no less mysterious.
Apple can make the threat go away with the change stuck between the cushions of Cook’s sofa.
The UK government is unbelievably cheap to bribe.
Yeah... as usual... while the company continues to luck into being one of the most successful tech companies in the world with around a billion active customers.
Someones trying to hind something Or soften the blow at least. Apple is not a company to be trusted at all!
Real life Apple AI experience this week while making a sandwich:
“Hey Siri, set a timer for 3 minutes.”
“Ok, I’ll set your alarm for 3AM.”
They are so far behind, it’s hard to have hope.
“Hey Siri, set a timer for 3 minutes.”
“Ok, I’ll set your alarm for 3AM.”
They are so far behind, it’s hard to have hope.
I don’t want Siri with access to personal information on my phone feeding any GPT models. Apple can bring in a chat bot for people to ask questions or what ever. If Siri has any of the Language modeling, hope Apple gives users to decide what Siri can access on the phone.
If nothing else, I hope Gen AI will help Apple replace their marketing department and update their overused lines.
"Our new iPhone is the newest iPhone yet. We think you'll love it." Come on.
"Our new iPhone is the newest iPhone yet. We think you'll love it." Come on.
It's not necessarily one of those things where you need to be first.
Yes, exactly. But do you want Siri to do lookups to existing articles or do you want Siri to generate its own answers which could be wrong?
This is the problem, all GPT-like AIs produce wrong answers. A classic example is to ask GPYT about "George Washington's grandchild Susan". Of course, Washington had no children. But some GPT-like AIs will make up an answer. The GW case is obvious but there was another example where a law firm ask GPT for case law that would suport a certain opinin. GPT simply invented a case frm thin air. GENERATING answers is very different from looking up answers.
This is a so-far unsolved problem and something Apple and Google and others are looking into. The problem is ot insurmountable.
If you got a PhD in generative AI around 2010-2017 your value in the marketplace if you have any skills is now greater than a million a year. Never have so many math “nerds” been getting rich outside of finance. Every company is hiring AI people as fast as they can train them and paying them insane amounts of money. It’s really a frenzy unlike anything I have seen.
The Prince of Wales should shave his head. He'd look so much better.
Yes, I'm delving into the heart of the important issues.
Yes, I'm delving into the heart of the important issues.
Your second two paragraphs seem to undermine the thrust of your first. Whether Siri uses generative AI or not, it will still give wrong and biased answers.
I got close, but I rarely write "artificial intelligence" instead of "AI", so I lose.
Yup, I can think of half a dozen companies that would kill for this kind of “late.”