Imagine combining the breadth and depth of ChatGPT's knowledge-base with the stupidity of Siri's communications -- that'll be a recipe for frustration. When will Apple learn that the way forward is to SCRAP the awful Siri and build fresh?
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Jony Ive Could Develop AI Hardware Device With OpenAI's Sam Altman
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Imagine combining the breadth and depth of ChatGPT's knowledge-base with the stupidity of Siri's communications -- that'll be a recipe for frustration. When will Apple learn that the way forward is to SCRAP the awful Siri and build fresh?
Sam Altman has probably added the “$50 million butterfly keyboard settlement” prompt to Jony Ive’s AI biography
For people complaining about what Ive did (or didn’t do) right or wrong, being a designer is not easy. You can make a name for yourself with one great design, or be a pariah for creating something people hate. Like most designers, Ive wasn’t all good or all bad and his designs changed and often improved over time, until they didn’t, which is common in design. Complaining that his push for all things thin and light ruined the keyboard or thermally throttled devices, which of course is true, but we’re now all working on thin and light devices and not some 3” thick plastic bodied laptop with creaky hinges. If I were on Apple’s board, I too would have made the same decision in walking Ive to the door, mainly because it was time for a change.
When asked why his rampaging killer robots had no off switch, Ive replied “we felt that buttons ruined the aesthetic and hindered the overall user experience.”
Ive designed most of the Apple items I really enjoyed so I look forward to seeing what he and his team comes up with.
In the end, Ive designed:
- best selling laptop on the market (MacBook Air)
- best selling smartphone (iPhone)
- best selling tablet (iPad)
That should silence all his critics.
Regarding the 2015 MacBook Pro's, Ive was simply ahead of the time. Now in 2023, with current keyboards and chip technologies, we have even thinner laptops than back in 2015. So it was possible what Ive had in mind, he simply had to wait a bit longer for the tech to be available. Also Intel had major manufacturing issues, as Intel got stuck on 14nm, while Ive / Apple was expecting Intel to jump to a more efficient node.
The only people who never make mistakes are people who don't do anything in their life. And Ive was not such a person. Expecting him to make no mistakes at all and use that to destroy his legacy is just crazy.
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Apple‘s tetraprism camera is different from Android periscope cameras; using more prisms allows it to be smaller.
Android stole the periscope lens design from compact point and shoot cameras.
This is one man that can truly challenge apple on form and uses
Former Apple design chief Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been discussing building a new AI hardware device, according to a new report by The Information.
Both men have spoken to SoftBank CEO and investor Masayoshi Son about the idea, according to people familiar with the conversations, but it's not clear if he will remain involved. Since leaving Apple, Ive has been concentrating on working for several clients through his British design studio, LoveFrom.
The report is scant on details, and does not reveal anything about what such a device could be, but Ive and Altman are said to be friends and have been discussing "what new hardware for the age of AI could look like," according to one person familiar with the matter.
Altman is one of the biggest investors in consumer hardware startup Humane, with was founded by Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, both former Apple employees. The startup plans to develop a screenless wearable device that can be directed using voice prompts and gestures, and projects information onto surfaces in front of it. Chaudhri in May demoed a prototype to a TEDTalk audience. Ultimately, Humane plans to integrate OpenAI's technology into the device.
OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot has made waves in the tech world since it was launched to the public less than a year ago. The company's annual revenue pace has exceeded $1 billion, thanks to ChatGPT subscriptions and paid access to the chatbot's latest and most advanced incarnation, GPT-4. In May 2023, OpenAI released an official ChatGPT app for the iPhone and iPad.
For Apple's part, the company has significantly ramped up its spending on artificial intelligence, according to a previous report by The Information. Apple's "Foundational Models" team that works on conversational AI includes just 16 people, but Apple is said to be spending millions of dollars per day training its language models, which could one day be integrated into Siri.
Article Link: Jony Ive Could Develop AI Hardware Device With OpenAI's Sam Altman
Maybe that ugly dystopian eye scanner backfired so hard that he wants Jony Ive to design a new eye scanner that looks prettier.
Garbage person anyway. If he didn't sell his failing social network app way back in the day nobody would have heard of him. Whoever bought that failing app wasted their money on this Sam Altclown.
Yep 32” display setup at 640x480, or binoculars to see what try are trying to.
Both MacBook Pros and iPhones are already much too thin. Both would benefit greatly from some serious beefing up.
That may actually be an example of why Cook was a good choice. I think stability, both financially and with the trajectory they were on, was important to Jobs in his decision. Cook is definitely not exciting but that can also be a good thing.
Sure there is probably someone out there among the billions of people. But Jobs already knew him, he already had a proven track record, etc. He hasn’t been a legendary success or a spectacular failure.
I think he compares more favorably than the Gates -> Ballmer transition. Or the Schmidt -> Pichai transition at Google.
I can’t think of any reason why my M1 16” would need to be thicker. Keyboard is good, battery life is good, and it doesn’t overheat.
Apple was never the same after Steve Jobs died, but then when Jony Ive left that was the final nail in the coffin for the golden era of Apple.
I still use Apple products but my upgrade cycle has drastically reduced due to the products really not stacking up to the prices they're asking.
I still use Apple products but my upgrade cycle has drastically reduced due to the products really not stacking up to the prices they're asking.
I agree with your points about all the wins that Ive had a hand in and that success requires failure. I was going to mention that I’m sure many of the misses we saw were absolutely issues of either the technology or engineering not being able to keep up with his design mandates. I think a lot of people who complain about anything Apple does or doesn’t do, often have zero experience designing and bringing any kind of consumer product or even industrial product to market, so they say things that have no basis in reality. I guess that’s what has to be expected of an internet forum.