Does anyone actually use Apple AI?

[Barbareren]

Hi,

Being multilingual, and using 3 very different languages on a day to day basis, I find it frustrating that the Apple AI feature requires me to only use one language. Even setting my language to British English and using American English with Siri causes troubles, lol. I’ve tried only using one system (and Siri) language while changing my apps to use other languages, but I just don’t see the benefits… Where does Apple AI actually come in handy? I don’t use SMS, only WhatsApp or Messenger etc. for chats. I already have ChatGPT installed which works with multiple languages, and using Google - Meta AI seems to do the trick pretty well. So, basically my query is what is Apple AI actually good for? What am I missing? 🤷‍♂️

Cheers

 

[ClaraStahlbaum]

I never used it. I don't know how to use it, and I don't particularly care to use it.

 

[Homme]

I only use Apple Intelligence for Adaptive Power Mode on my 16e primarily.

Secondary is Visual Intelligence which is better suited for the Action Button than any other feature it has. I rarely use VI but I need it when I don’t know what the thing I am needing/wanting in front of me is for more info

 

[VitoBotta]

I tried using it a little bit, but there is no point in using it for me because I have the BoltAI app which is so much better.

 

[PandaPunch]

I don't use AI in general, I might use it as a way to brainstorm possible keywords for manual google searches from time to time but otherwise, it's not very useful at all.

I've turned off Apple Intelligence on my Mac and plan to turn it off on any new devices that support it.

 

[appleodyssey_]

Rarely. Sometimes if I want to re-write something or get a quick summary of an article I am vaguely interested in. Aside from that - no real value. I am glad Apple hasn't gone all in with AI.

 

[skottichan]

No, I try to not use AI/LLM's in general. Between what AI farms are doing to the consumer electronics/PC parts market, the environmental pressures and the ethical mess that is GenAI, I try to keep my hands off.

 

[wilderkun]

I use the proofreading tool to check my essays for a graduate program. The other writing tools usually mess up the structure of the writing, drop words, weird punctuation, and show up positive in AI checks, so there’s no reason for me to use it

 

[Barbareren]

Personally I’ve had great, obviously not perfect, results using ChatGPT, but this thread is about Apple AI, not AI in general… Please respond accordingly…

 

[otechh]

I've used it a few times and I can defiantly say that It's not better than the competition at the moment

 

[edubfromktown]

Nope.

I use ChatGPT and Claude.

 

[erihp]

Apple what-now?

 

[maflynn]

I just use chatgpt

 

[edubfromktown]

I just use chatgpt

Claude occasionally does better with complex enterprise infrastructure design and troubleshooting questions. Both of them do a great job on things like calculating the ~10 or so very important measurements on bicycle fream, fork and component builds.

ChatGPT can even render really nice graphical representations once build specs are finalized. Huge time saver for me (even with double-checking the accuracy).

 

[erihp]

Claude occasionally does better with complex enterprise infrastructure design and troubleshooting questions. Both of them do a great job on things like calculating the ~10 or so very important measurements on bicycle fream, fork and component builds.

ChatGPT can even render really nice graphical representations once build specs are finalized. Huge time saver for me (even with double-checking the accuracy).

I think the point is that no one is using Apple AI for this type of work.

 

[doolar]

I tried but in the end realised that I don’t use it. And when I tried, it wasn’t very intuitive at all, or clear on what it can or cannot do.

I wanted to change colour on a set of wheels on my motorcycle in Photos, I couldn’t figure out how or even if it was possible at all, so I just did it in 15 seconds in Lightroom instead.

I still speed read my emails so I don’t need a summary, and while the suggestions for answers in iMessage are quite good I just feel a bit bad using it.

I don’t have a lot of friends and family so I really appreciate all of the ones I’ve got left. Answering them with AI generated text feels so wrong, so I never used it. They deserve me and not a machine.

Disabled it on my Mac and iPhone last week. I can always try it again later.

 

[Populus]

I tried, on my M2 iPad Pro, being Apple Intelligence capable… and nope. The only use I see for it is summarizing texts, and… I prefer to write texts of my own. There’s the “magic eraser” thing as well, that I haven’t tried yet… but that’s it.

What would really make a difference for me, would be things like feeding it a map or two of a city or a subway network, and then ask Siri to guide me how to go to x place to y place using the pictures I feeded it. Or, feeding it a couple of documents and being able to have a conversation about such documents. Or a much more powerful search tool, an AI enabled Spotlight, that would look up my documents not only by the title or words found inside, but also a more semantic search.