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John Gruber Says 'Something is Rotten' at Apple
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627 posts about a delayed feature set that is not yet optimized.
What a strange world we live in.
What a strange world we live in.
did I get this right?
Are you saying
a) that you are smarter than most people and thus won't fall for the lies, but also
b) that you are not willing to take any action or hold anyone accountable?
Sounds like a bad place to be, man - seeing the injustice and corruption but unwilling to do anything about it.
I think there's a lot of people like you, just resigned to the fate that you've got no power or influence.
Everyone is sitting around waiting for someone else to stand up.
Why not you?
Maybe you are exactly what this world needs right now?
"after all is said and done, more is always said than done"
I thought I did too. Because a few people disagreed, I felt perhaps I needed to word the post a bit differently because maybe they misunderstood my meaning. If they still disagree, then I’m exceptionally bad at expressing my thoughts, or they believe these models learn.
AI does learn through experience, recognition, and data analysis.
Artificial intelligence (AI) makes it possible for machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs and perform human-like tasks. Most AI examples that you hear about today – from chess-playing computers to self-driving cars – rely heavily on deep learning and natural language processing.
Can AI learn by itself? The answer is yes...
Also:
Yes, AI systems can 'learn" through various methods, including machine learning, where they analyze data to identify patterns and improve their performance over time.
https://theconversation.com/ai-does...-will-help-you-use-it-more-responsibly-250923
“AI systems do not learn from any specific experiences, which would allow them to understand things the way we humans do. Rather they “learn” by encoding patterns from vast amounts data – using mathematics alone. This happens during the training process, when they are built.”
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-machines-ever-truly-understand-us-exploring-nature-torres-cws2c
“While AI can process new information, it doesn't experience personal growth the way humans do. Each awkward conversation we have teaches us something new about handling similar situations in the future. For AI, each interaction is essentially starting fresh.”
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinio...ing-why-will-help-you-use-it-more-responsibly
“Many misconceptions around AI stem from using words that have a certain meaning when applied to humans, such as “learning”. We know how humans learn, because we do it all the time. We have experiences; we do something that fails; we encounter something new; we read something surprising; and thus we remember, we update or change the way we do things.
This is not how AI systems learn. There are two main differences.”
You know Gruber has lost the plot when the Macbreak Weekly crew is laughing at Gruber because his screed "...was working through his feelings."
Gruber, and many here, need to realize that this is a delayed feature, and they need to have a Coke and a smile and relax a bit.
Yes, but it seems like the goal of Siri is to create that 1984 vision. Which i feel is not going to work, as technology has changed the workflow of the average person.
Ok ....
Lets say you want to learn Pionex.
Copy the youtube site giving you an opening introduction. But you don't have time to watch an entire 20mins youtube video
1. Copy the youtube URL.
lame example
3. The transcript is easy to Copy into Samsung Keyboard Clipboard.
Now its going to be a LOT of information for say a 20mins video - word for word, BUT formatted nicely.
3A: you could just simply paste into Samsung Notes and review later - BUT you'll still be spending 20mins of your life JUST to read what could've been watched. makes NO sense especially many of us would read slower.
3B: Paste into Samsung Notes ... BUT now use the Samsung Galaxy Ai to Summarize. This does a GREAT job in accurate data factual information that you can focus on without all the conversational fluff that is USELESS. 20 mins watching youtube or 30 mins reading a raw transcript now becomes say a 10-15min read.
THTA is something more use case and productive. It doesn't have to be Crypto-Pionex BUT any major research.
There is also people like me whom type or talk ANNOYINGLY: Gramatical errors OR just to fully explain ideas which isn't the new simplistic yet effective way of talking - something I'm relearning and will be consistent on.
Summarize then send over text ... works wonders when in heated arguments with a woman your heart and mind is fully elated with but trying to convey your heart intelligently and passionately in a positive tone and you're still adjusting or an ex with the same level of love and passion. lol.
Nu-uh.
This BECAME a delayed feature when apple could NOT deliver as promised and shown in ads for a few months~ hence why the major course correction statement and deletion of videos to save not face but their financial hides! These were features shown to LAUNCH with the iphone 16 and did NOT show up with the hardware.
This simply showed Apple fall flat on their face regarding the Hardware & Software synergy points. This they NOW fully are aware this is a MAJOR understanding and now a sitting behind the desk of a made TOO SOON executive hire from Google because he talked a good and same game about AI privacy that Apple wanted to believe it. noble sentiment but he had NO WAY of how to get it done.
in comes a new executive to help!
But...but...but...THEY PROMISED!!! 😂
This is a classic example of marketing wanting to message features that software dev was likely sure could be delivered. Then, when it wasn't passing muster internally, they pulled the marketing and delayed the launch. This is incredibly common in tech. But, by all means, let's all pout because a "promise" was broken, and a feature that the VAST majority of people don't understand and won't know how to use.
Somehow we'll all need to figure out how to get through this difficult time. /s
Meanwhile, Steve Jobs knew exactly how to make good products.
Steve Jobs knew that the iPhone was meant for people, not for Apple Intelligence.
I'm starting to feel much the same way(maybe not so intense)... also anyone talking to long time Apple folks who have been leaving would easily hear the common thread of the "bozonification" (sure bozos will enter at this scale of company, but now at Apple they have a strong and powerful voice... especially in the product marketing groups).
Tim Cook is one of the, if not best COOs a product company can have... but he's a terrible choice as a CEO of a company that relies on knowing where tech is going, how it can be humanized into solutions that people want and creating a product that fits the market that will be created by company itself... he is there to execute that and maximize the margins and returns... which he has done splendidly with the products he inherited (and gotten more out of them then maybe anyone else could have... with the share price reflecting it)... now that that runway is over and commoditized the holes in Cook's leadership become more and more obvious... and the market is slowly waking up and maybe realizing that longer term the P/E multiple of Apple needs to adjust to this reality over time (or until a clear rational for forward, sustained earning growth are justified).
Is Siri really that bad? Yes, yes it is - Macworld
It's true: Siri doesn't know what month it is (and a lot of other things)
My sentiments about Siri match the article. Any question you ask it gives you the answer, "I found this." You can't even get it to read the answer for you. WTH? I do use Siri for some things, but only the most basic of things it can muster up. No AI there at all.
It's true: Siri doesn't know what month it is (and a lot of other things)
My sentiments about Siri match the article. Any question you ask it gives you the answer, "I found this." You can't even get it to read the answer for you. WTH? I do use Siri for some things, but only the most basic of things it can muster up. No AI there at all.
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That chart is making wonder if it’s time to dump the rest of my shares while it’s still above 200.
Re-watch Knowledge Navigator VERY carefully.
Ignore the old hardware and furniture.
Ignore the music even and clothes of the professor and that terrible voice and butterfly tie of the Ai.
Pay CLOSE attention to the:
Prompts,
responses,
actions used
and specifically AGENTS!
Agents first implemented in February by OpenAi 1st in the industry was LITERARY shown in example back in 1984!
THAT is the KEY part I'm TRYING TO SHOW YOU ALL that you're missing! Apple had such a vision and HUGE headstart with Siri that they gave up on it after kicking Forstall out - whom watched the Siri presentation live and pushed to have it purchased and implemented well with their creators originally. Apple had a 5yr headstart on the entire IT world, even close to 7yrs in functionality. BUT Cook with his peronal vendetta and protection of ego [I'd rather use an anatomy to replace this word but I cannot] massaging Federighi whining employee whom cannot handle pressure to get the job done forced Forstall out whom has till this day literary conributed MORE to Apple users that 3 things he's brought in their daily lives that is substancial over an issue with 3rd party vector data he had no control over.
Let that ALL sink in.
LMAO
Even the beta's FAILED at what was promised.
Apple as large as they are with as STRONG as their legal team is ... should've known BETTER!
Do NOT make a promise in ads for a service onto a product to launch that you cannot KEEP! To me that screams not of developers but directors and executives being completely foolish and making THE worst assinine mistake ever!
This isn't whining they're getting what they deserve. Unfortunately hard working developers will get the crunch to appease shareholders and executive ego's!
IF its too obvious to you that Apple's competitors haven't made this obvious a foolish endeavor then you're too blind to facts and just being a fanboy champion the flag. nothing wrong with being a fanboy but don't be blind to the obvious.
Apple knew they were not ready.
Apple made the mistake anyway.
Apple did customers wrong.
Apple tried to hide it 6 months later by deleting specific ads and Apple got CAUGHT!
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I mean they really dropped the ball. If I were them with their resources, expertise and power, I’d be quite embarrassed about the whole thing. Makes me wonder how Federighi still has a job tbh.
At least they’re killing it with hardware lol.
At least they’re killing it with hardware lol.
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Except they didn’t drop the ball. Once again the click bait anti-Apple media spins a story. They delayed 1 subset of features, they have delivered on everything else. From visual intelligence, to writing tools, smarter and more conversational Siri, notification summaries, etc.
If comparing products to the competition I’d say they dropped the ball.
If comparing the timeline of shipping to market I’d say they dropped the ball.
If comparing shipping features they promised, I’d also say they dropped the ball.
If you don’t agree that’s fine. We’re both entitled to opinions but I believe they should’ve done better considering their standing in the market, talent and resources available.
He says something is rotten at Apple and then wonders why Apple execs don’t appear on his show.
Except Siri isn’t “dumb as a rock.” I run an entire smart home with Siri, with very little hiccups. Back and forth Siri with subsequent requests actually works pretty good now. I use this feature almost daily.
Building out an LLM is actually pretty hard, it’s a lot of resources and takes time. Especially while maintaining the privacy focus Apple has. Google got where is has because it was harvesting vast quanties of our personal data often times without our consent.
OpenAI, and subsequent AI platforms started in 2015- so 10 YEARS AGO! It’s not an overnight task to just build a LLM. Grok was “built” in 4 months but that’s because it builds off the already existing AI infrastructure which Elon Musk has been apart of since the beginning.
Apple has rarely “led” or “compared itself to the competition. The foundations of current AI programs of competitors started 10 years ago. Google also got where it’s at due to MASS harvesting of our data, often without consent. Whereas Apple has been privacy focus.
They promised a whole set of Apple Intelligence features, and delayed the last round of personalized, contextual based Siri. Everything else they said was coming they delivered. It’s a little bit of pearl clutching going on with “Apple failing to ship features they promised.” People seem to act like NO other company has ever had to delay anything to get it right.
You realize they are competing against a lot of other people in this space right? People with AI skills isn’t just something readily available. Building an LLM takes time. Yeah Apple has resources but they are still in stiff competition with Google, Microsoft, etc.
Oh well, for its entire history, Apple has rarely not compared itself to the competition