Thereās a popular adage in policy circles: āThe party can never fail, it can only be failed.ā It is meant as a critique of the ideological gatekeepers who may, for example, blame voters for their partyās failings rather than the party itself.
That same fallacy is taking root among AIās biggest backers. AI can never fail, it can only be failed. Failed by you and me, the smooth-brained Luddites who just donātĀ getĀ it. (To be sure, even AI proponents will acknowledge available modelsā shortcomings ā no one would argue thatĀ the AI slop clogging FacebookĀ is anything but, well, slop ā but there is a dominant narrative within tech that AI is both inevitable and revolutionary.)
Tech columnists such as the New York Timesā Kevin Roose haveĀ suggested recentlyĀ that Apple has failed AI, rather than the other way around.
No one forced apple to announce AI. They could have just waited until they had something ready.
This is the clearest sign to me that Apple has jumped the shark.
Apple has a long history of waiting until they could do something right rather than rushing to market with some fad. And here they are tripping over themselves to ship something that is obviously half-baked (at best). Thereās no vision, thereās no attention to detail, thereās no careful UX design. Itās just āoh shit we need AI right?ā
Appleās AI isnāt a letdown. AI is the letdown.
Actually itās the investors that wanted some gimmick to sell a billion brand new iPhones thatās the letdown. AI is just a bunch of bytes that canāt do anything unless someoneās greed gets it to do something.
I hate these kinds of articles because they keep making excuses for the actual problem. I mean right there, it was right there in the story and CNN buried the lead.
The real reason companies are doing this is because Wall Street wants them to. Investors have been salivating for an Apple āsuper cycleā ā a tech upgrade so enticing that consumers will rush to get their hands on the new model.
Itās right there and CNN and many other media keep handing out passes on it blaming something else. Investors are greedy ass bastards and will use literally anything from magic beans to snake oil if it means they can make five extra cents. The investors, the Wall Street bastards are the problem. THEY ARE THE FUCKING LETDOWN. Never forget that.
I bet my fucking left kidney, that if thereās a āvictoryā over AI and it goes away. Those bastards will be back with some new flashy thing nobody asked for. I bet both my fucking kidneys, thatās how sure I am of it. Nobody solves shit, unless they solve that first.
it goes deeper than just āinvestors are greedyā though. Most people making these investment decisions are doing it at the behest of other people who have handed them their saving in exchange for returns. Those people arenāt privy to the nature of how money is getting invested and why, they hire someone else for that, the investors.
The investors may be making short sighted, stupid decisions, but theyāre doing it because theyāre pursuing their own personal incentives, get a raise, a promotion, or just not get fired. The managers are doing the same. If they donāt do it, someone else will.
Itās not the fault or moral failing of any one individual, but a fault in the system of incentives. A failure in the fundamental structure of how we decide how investments are made, in how we accumulate capital for investment.
This is because AI (vis-a-vis LLMs) became a religion to many, rather than a technology.
Youāre a letdown!
Fuck you dad!
I have no son!
What a trash article. The writerās personal opinion on AI couldnāt be coming any more clearly through. Just give me the fact - I donāt need to be told what to think.
the article is not a news story, it is a personal analysis. of course it will show the authorās opinion
Both of those can be true
Itās a huge sham. Itās going to pop. All the money after the initial reveal has been wasted.
The party can never fail, it can only be failed.
Liberal anthem on Lemmy.
No I think Apple AI is perfect. Please never improve the notification summaries. In fact I want them to go back to the launch summaries, theyāre not as good as they used to.
